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          ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO. 
          GOOD MORNING 
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EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          WE ARE ASSEMBLING A FAIRLY LENGTHY SPEAKER LIST TODAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THE TIME IS 9:08 AM ON THE 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE RULE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VEDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BELI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR NIRENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, WELCOME EVERYONE. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE MANY, UH, SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, SO IF EVERYONE CAN BEGIN, TAKE THEIR SEATS. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          UH, TO BEGIN OUR SESSION TODAY, UM, BEFORE I ASK TO, UM, WELCOME OUR INDICATOR, I, I DO KNOW EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THAT WE LOST A REAL AMERICAN HERO TODAY, A COMMUNITY LEGEND, AN ARTIST, A WAR VETERAN, A NEIGHBOR, AND A SCHOLAR. 
          AND THAT IS JE VINNO PASSED AWAY, UH, THIS WEEK FROM A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. 
          AND SO I'D ASK FOR US TO RECOGNIZE HIS INFLUENCE, UH, AND HIS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT ACROSS THE WORLD, UH, IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I KNOW HIS FAMILY REMAINS IN OUR PRAYERS, BUT MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW, UH, THINGS TO THE FAMILY AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO LEMME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR JESSE TINO'S WORK AND TALENT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 
          HE WAS AN ICONIC WEST SIDE ARTIST WHO GREW UP IN THE PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          HIS WORK LIKE LA, WHICH IS THE GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS COMPLEX, IS THE HEART OF THE WEST SIDE THAT DISPLAYS ON GUADALUPE STREET, OUR UNIQUE AND ICONIC MEXICAN CULTURE. 
          HIS PAINTINGS DEPICT HIS HAND, UH, PICKING FRUIT FROM THE TREES AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MIGRANT WORKERS. 
          BEAUTIFULLY DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF MANY MEXICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES, INCLUDING MY OWN JESSE'S STORY IS ONE OF INCRE INCREDIBLE PERSEVERANCE. 
          AFTER UNDERGOING SERIOUS INJURIES IN VIETNAM, HE WAS ABLE TO TEACH HIMSELF TO PAINT WITH HIS LEFT HAND, AND WENT ON TO CREATE INCREDIBLE MURALS AND ART PIECES THAT HIGHLIGHT WHAT MAKES THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE. 
          JESSE  STATED THAT I WANT TO LEAVE THINGS HERE THAT WILL BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, AND IF THEY'RE DONE REALLY NICE, IF THEY'RE BUILT REALLY NICE, THEY'LL BE AROUND FOREVER. 
          AND HE ABSOLUTELY HAS ACCOMPLISHED THAT AND MUCH MORE. 
          AND LIKE HIS SPIRIT OF HEALING, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT HIS SPIRIT WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN THE WEST SIDE. 
          SO I WANNA THANK, UH, THE FAMILY OF JESSE TINO FOR HIS UNFORGETTABLE WORK AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIS FAMILY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB AU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, WANNA TRY TO PUT MR. TORINO'S LIFE AND WORK IN PERSPECTIVE? CITIES ARE DEFINED BY THEIR PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS DIFFERENT. 
          IT'S BETTER THAN OTHER CITIES BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALL SAN ANTONIO HOME. 
          BECAUSE OF THE PLACES THAT ARE UNIQUELY SAN ANTONIO AND BECAUSE OF THE DAY-TO-DAY SIGHT SOUNDS, TASTES, AND EXPERIENCES THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN OUR CITY. 
          JESSE REINO WAS ALL THREE OF THESE THINGS HE CALLED SAN ANTONIO HOME. 
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HIS ART MADE OUR PLACE UNIQUE AND HIS CREATIVITY CAPTURED OUR CULTURE, OUR SITES, OUR SOUNDS, OUR PEOPLE, AND TASTES BE A LOT SAID ABOUT JESSE REINO, THAT THE WORLD KNEW HIS GIFT, HIS VISION AND HIS ART WILL BE VALUED AND SPOKEN OF. 
          IN A WAY, WORLD-CLASS ART IS VALUED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          FOR US THOUGH, HERE AT HOME, IT'S DIFFERENT. 
          WE SEE OURSELVES IN HIS PAINTINGS. 
          MY FAVORITE, UH, LARA, UM, I CALL IT THE SSPA MAN. 
          UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT GUY, YOU KNOW, HE'S OUR, THE, HE'S OUR GRANDPARENTS. 
          UM, I, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PAINTING, I REMEMBER RUNNING UP PAYING MY MY DOLLAR AND, AND BEING REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO, TO EAT AT OTHER RASA. 
          IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. 
          SO THIS PAINTINGS PARTICULARLY INSPIRES ME. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW TILL I WAS AN ADULT WHO, WHO JESSE REINO WAS, BUT HE HAS CAPTURED THE SOUL OF OUR CITY. 
          HIS BACKDROP IS THE BACKDROP OF OUR LIVES, THE SAN ANTONIANS. 
          WE TELL STORIES ABOUT THEM AND THEY JUMP FROM THE CANVAS, THE MURAL, AND THE INTRICATE TILE. 
          THERE'S MANY PEOPLE IN OUR, OUR CITY WHO TELL STORIES OF HOW THEY HELP PUT TOGETHER THE BEAUTIFUL TILE MURAL THAT DOMINATES THE FACADE OF THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. 
          NO OTHER ARTIST ALLOWS US TO TELL OUR STORIES IN THAT WAY. 
          HIS ART EVOKES WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE WORDS THAT CAN MATCH HIS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HIS STORY OF TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY IS OUR CITY. 
          WHEN WE LOST MR. TINO, WE LOST A PART OF OUR SOUL. 
          WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HIS LIFE AND HIS INSPIRING WORK AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANT TO, UH, SHARE MY CONDOLENCES WITH THE TREVINO FAMILY AND ALL HIS FAMILY. 
          I WAS A TEACHER IN FOURTH GRADE AND HIS, I THINK IT'S A, A GRAND NEPHEW. 
          UM, JONATHAN GARCIA COMES UP TO ME AND TELLS ME THE STORY OF HIS UNCLE AND HIS UNCLE THAT DOES MURALS AND THE ARTIST. 
          AND THAT'S HOW I WAS INTRODUCED TO JUST THIS WONDERFUL MAN AND THIS WONDERFUL ART AND THE FACT THAT IT IS ABOUT FAMILY, THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT HIS WORKS, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT HIS FAMILY WAS SO VERY PROUD OF WHAT HE DID AND WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH OTHERS. 
          SO MY CONDOLENCES AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE HIM. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, NOW I'M GONNA TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA TO GET US STARTED WITH WELCOMING OUR INDICATOR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HAVE THE HONOR THIS MORNING TO INTRODUCE REVEREND RAN DOUGLAS RANDALL JR. 
          REVEREND RANDALL. 
          UM, HE WAS BORN IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. 
          REVEREND RANDALL HAS LIVED IN SOUTH TEXAS SINCE 1997. 
          HE WAS ORDAINED IN 2006 AND IN 2007 BECAME FULL-TIME MINISTER OF YOUTH ADMISSIONS AT THE HISTORIC MOUNT ZION FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN 2013, HE ACCEPTED THE CALL TO PASTOR THE BETHANY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH FAMILY IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          THAT'S WHERE I MET PASTOR RANDALL. 
          HE INVITED ME TO A SPECIAL SUNDAY SERVICE AT BETHANY MISSIONARY BAPTIST ON LAWTON STREET IN THE AREA WHERE HIGHWAYS 90 AND 1 51 CONNECT. 
          PASTOR RANDALL GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR HIS CONGREGATION. 
          HE DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE, UM, HIS, HIS, UH, SERVICE DURING CHURCH SERVICES, WHICH IS WHY WHEN WHEN WE MET, HE WAS HAVING A BACK TO SCHOOL SERVICE FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE CONGREGATION. 
          AND IT WAS VERY UPLIFTING. 
          IT WAS VERY, UM, EXCITING TO SEE THE KIDS EXCITED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE IN THEIR CHURCH, IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THAT, THAT THEY LOVE. 
          HE SPOKE TO THEM DIRECTLY WITH LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND MADE SURE THEY KNEW THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT THEM AS THEY HEADED BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          THE MUSIC THAT MORNING SPOKE OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          REVEREND RANDALL IS A PRODUCT OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEMS. HE IS A TRAIN, HE'S TRAINED AS A COMMERCIAL PAINTER AND DECORATOR, BUT IT WAS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE HE BEGAN HIS PREPARATION FOR THE MINISTRY AT THE BAPTIST UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS. 
          HE STUDIED AT THE MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF RELIGION IN ATLANTA AND HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MINISTRY FROM THE NEW NEWBURGH, THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND BIBLE COLLEGE. 
          AND HE CONTINUES HIS STUDIES TO THIS DAY AT THE RUACH SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. 
          HIS WRITING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN FAITH MAGAZINE AND BLACK FOCUS MAGAZINE. 
          HIS MINISTRY THOUGH, GOES BEYOND SAN ANTONIO. 
          HE'S A COMMISSIONED MISSIONARY TO HAITI AND WAS IN INDUCTED INTO THE EDUCATOR'S HALL OF FAME AT THE NATIONAL SORORITY OF PHI DELTA KAPPA. 
          HE SERVES IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP CAPACITIES IN OUR CITY'S FAITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          REVEREND RANDALL IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MS. DONNA E. JACKSON. 
          THEY HAVE TWO GROWN CHILDREN AND TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS. 
          HIS MOTTO CAME TO LIFE THE MORNING I MET HIM AT HIS BACK TO SCHOOL SERVICE. 
          HE BELIEVES THAT WHEN WE SEE GOD FOR OURSELVES, WE WHO WE ARE BECOMES EXTREMELY CLEAR. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY, PASTOR RANDALL. 
          AMEN. 
          CERTAINLY TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR RON BERG, NUREMBERG CITY COUNCIL 
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MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ALL PRESENTS DEFERENCE TO COUNCILWOMAN CABALA HARVA AS WE SET OUT TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. 
          I'M REMINDED OF THE WORDS OF MICAH SIX AND EIGHT WHEN THE PROPHET TELLS THE KING OF THAT DAY THAT THE LORD REQUIRED NOTHING MORE OF THEM TO TO DO JUSTLY, LOVE, MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH GOD. 
          SO AS WE BEGIN ON THIS MORNING TO SHARE IN THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY, IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT WE WILL HAVE SUCCESS THROUGH UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR AUTHORITY IS IN OUR HUMILITY BEFORE THE LORD. 
          LET US PRAY GOD OF JUSTICE AND MERCY. 
          FIRST OF ALL, GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GIFT OF TODAY, FOR YOUR SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE AND WE SHALL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. 
          I PRAY THAT YOU HELP US TO MOVE WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION ON TODAY. 
          THAT YOU'D HUMBLE US TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN AND TO UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK WITH CHARITY IN MIND. 
          LORD, ALLOW US TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE BUT STEWARDS OF POWER AND YOU HOLD ALL POWER IN YOUR HAND. 
          GOD, HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE LEAD, WE CAN ONLY LEAD WHEN OTHERS ARE FOLLOWING. 
          HELP US TO SEE THE IN TRUE INTENTS OF HEARTS AND EVEN THOSE WHO DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE WITH US. 
          HELP US TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO BRIDGE THE GAP. 
          LORD, I ASK THAT YOU RENEW THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PRESENCE WITHIN US AND RESTORE THE JOY THAT CAUSED US TO SERVE IN OUR PRESENT CAPACITIES FROM THE BEGINNING. 
          LORD, WE ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME. 
          I PRAY IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
          IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          JESUS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR. 
          ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GET INTO, UM, SOME OF THE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, LET ME ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 1ST AND SECOND, 2023. 
          THOSE ARE IN YOUR PACKET. 
          ITEM THREE, SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF FEBRUARY ONE AND 2, 20 23. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, AND NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR, UH, BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, WE HAVE MANY SPECIAL GUESTS AND WE ARE ALSO COMMEMORATING A VERY IMPORTANT TIME IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, AND THAT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS BEING OBSERVED IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE MANY GUESTS FROM ESSENCE PREP WHO ARE HERE. 
          I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM FORWARD. 
          COME ON UP. 
          THESE ARE THE SCHOLARS OF THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL ESSENCE PREP, AND THEY'RE GONNA SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE OF BEING A BENEFACTOR AND A PARTICIPANT IN THE BLACK RESISTANCE MOVEMENT OF EDUCATION. 
          SO, UH, COME ON UP, Y'ALL ALRIGHT. 
          FACE THIS WAY. 
          WE'RE LOOKING. 
          ONE, TWO, I'M A BLESSING, NOT A I'M A AND HISTORIAN. 
          A I CAN BE WHAT I SET OUT TO BE OF MY ANCESTORS. 
          ONE MORE TIME AT THE TOP. 
          I'M NOT A MISTAKE. 
          I'M A DREAMER, A 
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POET AND A SCIENTIST, A WRITER AND, AND A LEADER. 
          I COULD BE WHAT I SAY, I BE MY ANCESTORS. 
          YOU WHAT? WHO ARE? I'M A BLESSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'LL LET THE BE RIGHT IN THE CENTER AND THEN WE CAN HAVE HALF AND HALF. 
          OKAY. 
          HALF AND HALF. 
          GONNA SO WE'RE GONNA BACK YOU UP. 
          BACK YOU UP OVER THERE. 
          GO BACK TO THE BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE ARE SO HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INVITATION TO THE MAYOR AND ALL THE COMMUNITY LEADERS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US. 
          WHAT YOU JUST HEARD WAS OUR MISSION SONG. 
          THESE ARE OUR SECOND GRADERS. 
          AND IN ORDER FOR THEM TO LEARN THE MISSION SONG, I TURNED IT INTO A SONG FOR THEM THAT THEIR SECOND GRADE TEACHER. 
          AND SO WE WENT AHEAD AND WE'VE BEEN SINGING THIS SONG AND JUST CELEBRATING OUR SCHOOL AND ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPENING THE, UH, THE VISION OF AKEEM BROWN, WHO'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO JUST BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SEE SOME BIG THINGS FROM ESSENCE PREPARATORY PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
          JUST KEEP WATCHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          PEACE. 
          I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE AND, AND THANK DEBRA OWA CHARMAN FOR BEING HERE FROM SECOM AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DEBRA. 
          LET'S GONICK SAY YOUR NAME, BEAUTY. 
          MY NAME IS BEAUTY. 
          BEAUTY THAT WAY. 
          FACE THIS WAY BABE. 
          LIFT EVERY VOICE RING WITH THE HEART OF 
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HARVEY RISE. 
          LET LOUD OH AND SINGING SING A SONG FULL OF THE FAITH THAT THE DARK PASS IS TAUGHT US ING SONG FULL OF THE HOPE THAT THE FACING THE RISING SUN OF OUR NEW DAY LET US TILL VICTORY. 
          HE IS ONE. 
          WELL, HOLD ON A MINUTE. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? COME ON BACK OVER HERE. 
           BEAUTY. 
          I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          BEAUTY. 
          BEAUTY. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE APPROPRIATE NAME FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          BEAUTY. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU AGAIN TO ESSENCE PREP. 
          I NOW WANT TO WELCOME UP TO OUR PODIUM AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          OFFICIALLY, UH, THE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE BEXAR COUNTY CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. 
          AND THAT IS OUR CONGRESSMAN GREG CASAR. 
          GREG IS IN TOWN TODAY AND HE IS FIGHTING FOR SAN ANTONIO UP IN DC. 
          SO GREG, COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I AM SO HONORED AND PROUD, UH, TO BE THE NEW NEWEST MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS CITY HAS SUCH A CIVIL RIGHTS LEGACY, SUCH A LEGACY OF LEADERS WHO ARE THOUGHTFUL AND COMPASSIONATE AND FORWARD THINKING HERE. 
          THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, RECOGNIZING THAT THIS WAS A CITY THAT FAR AHEAD OF SO MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE SOUTH, UH, DESEGREGATED BECAUSE OF LEADERS IN THIS BUILDING AND BECAUSE OF LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY FROM THE NAACP, THIS BEING A BIRTHPLACE OF FOLKS THAT ROSE TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE FROM THE CHICANO MOVEMENT AND FROM THE LABOR MOVEMENT THAT THERE WERE FOLKS FROM THIS CITY THAT WERE FIGHTING IN WASHINGTON AGAINST VOTER SUPPRESSION AND FIGHTING FOR ANTI-LYNCHING LAWS BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE FROM TEXAS EVER WAS. 
          AND SO, LIKE YOU, I RECOGNIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, OF THAT LEGACY AND RECOGNIZE THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY MEANWHILE IN SAN ANTONIO NOW, NOT IN SOME FAR AWAY FUTURE, BUT THAT THERE'S URGENT WORK HAPPENING IN THIS BUILDING NOW. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY HUMBLED AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE CHANCE TO COME BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY IN PERSON BECAUSE I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT WORK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO. 
          PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS RECENTLY SIGNED SOME VERY HISTORIC LAWS. 
          UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS ACT, THEY'LL PROVIDE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OUR AIRPORTS AND OUR SIDEWALKS AND OUR STREETS, AND TO OUR KEEPING OUR WATER CLEAN FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, WE NEED THOSE DOLLARS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE PEOPLE, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING TOO LONG FOR THE KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS, THE CHIPS AND, AND JOBS, THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT THAT WILL STOP THE TREND OF EXPORTING JOBS AND IMPORTING GOODS, AND INSTEAD WILL IMPORT GOOD UNION JOBS AND GOOD MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO THROUGH GRANTS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE CAN EXPORT AMERICAN MADE GOODS TO THE WORLD, THE CRITICAL BIPARTISAN GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION, THE FIRST IN A GENERATION THAT NOT ONLY PUTS IMPORTANT RULES IN PLACE FOR GUN SAFETY, BUT ALSO HAS GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR KEEPING OUR KIDS MORE SAFE IN SCHOOL. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES EVERY DAY. 
          THE LAST ONE THAT HAS TO BE MENTIONED IS THE HISTORIC INFLATION REDUCTION ACT THAT REDUCES PRICES FOR OUR SENIORS AND FOR OUR HEALTHCARE, BUT ALSO MAKES CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN STOPPING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND CONFRONTING THAT CLIMATE CRISIS WILL HAPPEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          AND THERE ARE, AGAIN, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR US TO BRING BACK HOME TO SAN ANTONIO TO CREATE GOOD JOBS, BUT ALSO TO PRESERVE OUR PLANET AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          I AM FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE AND APPRECIATIVE OF BEING HERE AND WITH FOLKS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, YOUR LOCAL CITY STAFF, UH, AND CITY EMPLOYEES ARE TRUE PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT. 
          I'M JUST SO THANKFUL TO EACH OF YOU 
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AND, UH, TO EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN SAN ANTONIO CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          WE'LL BE HERE TO HAVE YOUR BACK NO MATTER WHAT. 
          AND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAVING BEEN A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER MYSELF, I KNOW YOU DON'T DO THIS JOB FOR THE FAME OR FOR THE COUNCIL SALARY. 
          UH, THE DISAGREEMENTS YOU HAVE HERE I KNOW ARE ROOTED OUT OF YOUR LOVE FOR THIS CITY AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN NEVER FORGET. 
          AND SO I WILL BE HERE, UH, TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THOSE FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO SAN ANTONIO SO THAT YOU CAN DIRECT THOSE DOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU ARE CLOSEST TO. 
          UM, AND I JUST DEEPLY BELIEVE, UH, THAT THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT, UH, AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS BEST SHOWED OFF IN CITY HALLS LIKE THIS ONE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH AND I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO MY TIME, UH, SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CONGRESSMAN KTAR. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTNERSHIP, GREG. 
          OKAY, UH, JUST A FEW MORE. 
          NOW I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME FOLKS HERE WHO ARE WITH THE, UH, I V V, THE INTERNATIONAL VOGUE SPORT VR BOND OLYMPIAD, WHICH WILL BE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          WHEREAS A V A AMERICA'S WALKING CLUB WILL HOST TWO INTERNATIONAL WALKING FESTIVALS, THE I V V OLYMPIAD AND THE I M L TEXAS TRAIL ROUNDUP FROM FEBRUARY 19TH TO 26TH. 
          2023. 
          AND WHEREAS A V A AMERICA'S WALKING CLUB AND A NASH, A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN SAN ANTONIO, ADMINISTERS ONE OF THE LARGEST HEALTHY LIVING SPORTS PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS 188 LOCAL WALKING CLUBS NATIONWIDE. 
          AND WHEREAS WALKING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE US SURGEON GENERAL AS THE MOST BENEFICIAL FORM OF EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ATHLETIC ABILITIES. 
          AND WHEREAS BOTH THE OLYMPIAD AND THE TEXAS TRAIL ROUNDUP WELCOME PARTICIPANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, ACROSS THE NATION AND LOCALLY TO PARTICIPATE IN A SCHEDULE OF NON-COMPETITIVE WALKS, SWIMMING AND BIKING EVENTS. 
          AND WHEREAS THE LONG WEEK OBSERVANCE WILL INCLUDE EVENTS THAT SHOWCASE BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO'S TRAILS AND PARKWAYS, INCLUDING SAN ANTONIO'S WORLD FAMOUS RIVERWALK AND HISTORIC SPANISH MISSIONS, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, IRA NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 19TH THROUGH 26. 
          2023 TO BE V V OLYMPIAD AND I M L TEXAS TRAIL ROUNDUP WEEK IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCILPERSONS, UH, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE RECOGNITION. 
          UH, WE'RE EXCITED. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT AN OLYMPIAD, WHICH IS HELD EVERY TWO YEARS AROUND THE WORLD, AND THIS IS THE 18TH, FIRST TIME TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES, OR EVEN IN NORTH AMERICA OR SOUTH AMERICA FOR THAT MATTER. 
          SO FIRST TIME IN THE AMERICAS, AND IT'S BEING HOSTED HERE IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND AS YOU, AS YOU SAID, UH, OUR HEADQUARTERS, OUR A V A AMERICA'S WALKING CLUB HEADQUARTERS IS HERE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IN ALAMO. 
          AND, UH, IT'S EXCITING FOR US WHO AREN'T FROM TEXAS TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND ENJOY THESE EVENTS. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM 26 COUNTRIES COMING IN TO, UH, ENJOY THESE WALKS AS WELL AS, UH, AROUND A THOUSAND OR MORE JUST PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER. 
          UH, THE EVENT THAT STARTS IS A COMMUNITY WALK THAT WILL START IN KING WILLIAM PARK ON SUNDAY, UH, REGISTRATIONS AT NINE O'CLOCK. 
          THE WALK WILL START AT 10 AND LATER IN THAT DAY WE'LL HAVE A PARADE OF FLAGS WITH ALL OF THE NATIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE PARADING, UH, INTO OUR OPENING CEREMONY. 
          SO WE'D INVITE ALL OF YOU TO ATTEND IF YOU CAN. 
          AS WAS SAID, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WALKING IS GOOD FOR YOU. 
          WELL, A V A MAKES WALKING FUN. 
          AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A WEEK OF ENJOYING WALKING, BIKING, AND SWIMMING HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK MUCH A LOT OF PARTICIPATION OUT THERE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE DO HAVE A SMALL GIFT FOR YOU THAT, UH, T-SHIRT, I'M SURE YOU WEAR T-SHIRTS. 
           IN A BASEBALL CAP. 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S A BASEBALL CAP. 
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ALRIGHT, LET ME RECOGNIZE NOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UP, UM, THE 
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DIGITAL INCLUSION TEAM, UH, BRIAN R. LEE. 
          SO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, A SURVEY WAS DONE REGARDING, UM, NO, YOU GUYS CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE TO SAY, SO BEFORE, UH, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND I KNOW OTHERS COULD BE HERE, UH, FROM THE GRASSROOTS, BUT THIS WAS THE TEAM I COULD ASSEMBLE. 
          SO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WE DID A SURVEY TALKING ABOUT DIGITAL I INCLUSION, WHAT PEOPLE NEEDED, AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. 
          AND I THINK Y'ALL QUICKLY REALIZED, UM, THAT ANOTHER SURVEY NEEDED TO BE DONE. 
          SO I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO WE ROLLED OUT THE SURVEY. 
          I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, UH, OVER 2,800 RESPONSES. 
          THE GOAL IS 4,000. 
          IT IS, UM, THERE IT IS. 
          ARE YOU CONNECTED? YOU COULD GET INTO THE LOTTERY FOR A GIFT CARD. 
          UH, PLEASE TAKE THE SURVEY. 
          I THINK ONE THING WE LEARNED WAS THAT, UM, THE NEED IS REAL. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN, YOU CAN CUT RIGHT NOW WITH APPOINTMENTS, WITH DOCTORS, WITH BOSSES, WITH CHILDREN'S, AND THIS IS YOUR TEAM AND, UH, THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF GRASSROOTS GROUPS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. 
          ALSO, THIS IS YOUR TEAM THAT THOUGHT FORWARD, UM, THOUGHT AHEAD THAT IS ACTUALLY LEADING THIS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, JUSTING THEIR PRAISES BECAUSE THE ONE THING THAT THEY, THEY DIDN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES WERE DOING. 
          THEY TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND THEY WERE LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          AND IT'S GOT DONE. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS, IF ANY OF YOU WANNA SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN HELP, I KNOW WE'VE GOT PAPER SURVEYS, WE'RE PUTTING THAT OUT. 
          PLEASE SHARE THAT NOW AND THAT WAY THE AUDIENCE WATCHING CAN KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO TO GET THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN? YES. 
          UM, WE ARE HA WE HAVE A WHOLE, UH, PROMOTIONAL PACKET THAT WE CAN SHARE. 
          WE'VE GOT SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS AND UM, PAPER COPIES, YOU KNOW, AND P D F VERSIONS. 
          SO WE CAN SEND THAT TO EVERY COUNCIL PERSON HERE. 
          WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT, UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP SUPPORT ANY OF THE EFFORTS THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING AS WELL. 
          UM, WE HAVE GOALS TO MEET IN EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO ENSURE THAT WE GET A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE FROM EVERY, UM, SPACE ACROSS SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          YOU CAN FIND PAPER COPIES AT THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARIES AT, UH, EVERY LOCATION PROBABLY NEXT WEEK. 
          UM, IT'S A LOT OF PRINTINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT YOU CAN ALSO FIND 'EM AT BIBLIOTECH. 
          YOU MAY HAVE ALSO SEEN, UM, A, UH, FLYER IN YOUR C P S MAILER IF YOU GET ONE OF THOSE. 
          SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESPONSES THAT WAY. 
          UM, OH, AND VIA BUSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THEY, UH, THE QR CODE WILL BE ON VIA BUSES AND AT TRANSIT CENTERS FOR ANYONE'S FILL OUT THERE AS WELL. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JUST, I WANNA MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL NOTE AND HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT THIS SURVEY IS. 
          THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GETTING IN FROM FEDERAL LEVEL AND STATE LEVEL, WE UTILIZE THE SURVEY DATA TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE'RE GOING, WHERE WE'RE GOING FIRST. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU, BRIAN. 
          AND I'M GLAD THE CONGRESSMAN'S STILL IN THE, IN THE OFFICE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT DIGITAL IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THAT WE ARE LEADING, NOT WAITING, AND THAT WE CAN GET THE FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AS THE CITY COUNCIL LIAISON TO EUROPE, I'VE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE THE MEMBERS OF UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO SINCE 2019. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS HOME TO NUMEROUS RESIDENTS WHO ARE PROUD OF THEIR UKRAINIAN HERITAGE AND MANY STILL HAVE STRONG TIES TO THEIR HOMELAND. 
          NEXT THURSDAY, MARKS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE START OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. 
          AND THE DEVASTATION COST BY RUSSIA CONTINUES TO IMPACT UKRAINIANS AND OUR ENTIRE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. 
          IN FACT, THIS MORNING, 36 MISSILES IN TWO HOURS WERE SENT OFF TO THE NORTHWEST PART OF UKRAINE, A LITTLE AREA THAT HAD BEEN LEFT ALONE BEFORE LAST APRIL. 
          CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ALSO TO REMIND THE PEOPLE OF THE HORRORS OR OF HALOR. 
          WE KNOW UKRAINIANS HAVE FOUGHT VIOLENTLY TO DEFEND THEIR SOVEREIGNTY FOR YEARS. 
          AND THE LATEST AGGRESSIVE ATTACKS BY RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A TOLL ON THOSE IN THE GROUND AND THOSE WHO HAD TO FLEE THEIR HOMES. 
          THE LOSS OF LIVES, INCLUDING INNOCENT CIVILIANS, CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITHOUT AN INTO THIS CONFLICT, AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. 
          LAST YEAR, MR. VITAL TARIK THE CONS GENERAL 
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OF UKRAINE IN HOUSTON, JOINED US IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WE DISCUSSED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR SUPPORTING THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATING IN A MEDICAL SUPPLY DRIVE ORGANIZED BY UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN MARCH, WE ALSO ATTENDED AN ONLINE CONFERENCE WITH UKRAINIAN MAYORS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENTS AND MASS MEDIA FROM THE US, CANADA, MEXICO, AND ISRAEL UNITING FOR WELFARE AND PEACE. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, DISTRICT EIGHT, COUNCILMAN MANNY PALS FOR CO-HOSTING A MEDICAL SUPPLY DRIVE WITH SUPPORT FROM UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAST YEAR. 
          AS THE ATTACKS CONTINUE IN UKRAINE, THE NEED FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES CONTINUES AND WE MUST GET THOSE LIFESAVING SUPPLIES TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY TEAM ALSO HELPED PUT TOGETHER A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT ABOUT HAL LOT MORE AT GO LIBRARY, ALSO IN DISTRICT EIGHT WITH SUPPORT FROM UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE CITY'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TEAM ALSO HAS BEEN HELPFUL AND I WANNA THANK THEM FOR HELPING WELCOME A BUSINESS DELEGATION TO SAN ANTONIO LAST FALL. 
          UKRAINIANS ARE ONCE AGAIN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE BATTLE FOR THEIR FREEDOM AND THEIR FREEDOM OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD AND THE FIGHT AGAINST THE EVILS OF DICTATORS AND THE PEOPLE AND LEADERS OF UKRAINE HAVE DEMONSTRATED INCREDIBLE RESOLVE, TENACITY AND BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF RUSSIAN INVASION. 
          NEXT THURSDAY, CITY HALL WILL LIGHT UP IN THE UKRAINIAN COLORS OF YELLOW AND BLUE, AND THERE WILL BE AN EVENING VISUAL AT 7:00 PM ON THE FRONT STEPS OF CITY HALL TO COMMEMORATE THE PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY SINCE THE START OF THE WAR. 
          A YEAR AGO, THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE WITTY, HAVE AGREED TO HELP HAVE THE UKRAINIAN KID REFUGEES ACCESS TO THEIR MUSEUMS SO THAT THEY COULD SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF FREE TIME THAT DAY. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS CAN SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, I URGE YOU TO VISIT UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO'S WEBSITE TOGETHER. 
          AS SAN ANTONIONS, WE CAN SHOW THAT PEOPLE OF UKRAINE ARE SUPPORT EVEN THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE MEMBERS OF UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH US THIS MORNING. 
          THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA. 
          UH, MY NAME IS ELENA OOK. 
          I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO NONPROFIT. 
          UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          AGAIN, I WAS HOPING NEXT I HA TIME, I HAVE A CHANCE TO BE IN FRONT OF Y'ALL. 
          IT'LL BE UNDER MORE JOYFUL CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE BRUTAL AND GRINDING WAR IN UKRAINE GOES ON NEXT THURSDAY. 
          WE'LL MARK ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRUTAL INVASION BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF UKRAINE. 
          IN ONE OVERNIGHT, UKRAINIAN PEOPLE UNITED OVER THE VALUES OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, THE, THE VALUES THAT ARE DEEP AND VERY SPECIAL TO EVERYONE IN THE FREE WORLD, UKRAINE HAS BECOME A SYMBOL OF FIGHTING FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE, NOT ONLY DID UKRAINE RESPOND, BUT THE WORLD RESPONDED. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF UKRAINIAN, SAN ANTONIO AND ALL THE UKRAINIANS COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY, THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, AND IN PARTICULAR COUNCIL OF WOMEN ROCHE GARCIA, FOR YOUR STEADFAST SUPPORT, COMMITMENT, AND LEADERSHIP. 
          BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT TO UKRAINIANS, NOT ONLY UKRAINIANS HERE, BUT UKRAINIANS IN UKRAINE BECAUSE THEY ARE WATCHING AND THEY'RE SEEING ALL OF THIS IN YOUR DARKEST MOMENT. 
          YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU LEAN ON THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU AND WHO ARE WITH YOU AND ALL, EVERYBODY IN UKRAINE FEELS YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I DO HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US NEXT THURSDAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN TO THE CITY AND COUNCILWOMAN RICHARD GARCIA FOR HELPING US, UH, WITH THE VIGIL. 
          NEXT, UH, THURSDAY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAR LEFT SO MANY PEOPLE, HOMELESS, REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY, REFUGEES ABROAD. 
          WOMEN MOMS LOST THEIR SONS DAUGHTERS, KIDS LOST THEIR PARENTS. 
          PARENTS LOST THEIR KIDS, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE WAR, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN OF ABDUCTING CHILDREN AND MOVING INTO RUSSIA AND FORCEFULLY GIVING THEM UP FOR ADOPTION. 
          THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND WE SO GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEMORATE THEM NEXT THURSDAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, HI, MY NAME IS OLGA. 
          I AM MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY, UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY HERE. 
          UH, I WAS BORN IN RUSSIA IN RUSSIAN FAMILY. 
          I LIVE IN RUSSIA, UH, BUT MOST OF MY LIFE I LIVE IN UKRAINE. 
          I ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE MYSELF AS UKRAINIAN. 
          I SUPPORT UKRAINE 100% DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY FAMILY, MY MOTHER AND SIBLINGS STILL LIVE IN RUSSIA. 
          UH, FOR 
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ME IT'S UH, HARD NOW TO BE BETWEEN TWO, BETWEEN TWO FIRES BETWEEN UKRAINE AND UH, RUSSIA. 
          UH, I'M FROM RUSSIAN SPEAKING FAMILY AND I WAS NEVER DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE OF, UH, RUSSIAN SPEAKING. 
          UH, PEOPLE WHO SPEAK RUSSIAN, UH, NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM, UH, IN UKRAINE. 
          UH, THIS IS, UH, LANGUAGE PROBLEM. 
          IT'S, UH, RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA TO JUSTIFY THAT, UH, THAT'S WHY THEY, UH, INVADED UKRAINE. 
          AND, UH, FOR UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UM, HELP OR TO HAVE HELP FROM, UH, AMERICAN, UH, AND BE REALLY GRATEFUL AND FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT. 
          UH, YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US. 
          HI, MY NAME IS ANNA EK AND I'VE, UM, I'M FROM THE UKRAINIAN, WELL, I'M A PART OF UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HOW THE UKRAINIAN WAR HAS IMPACTED MY FAMILY WHO'S STILL BACK IN UKRAINE. 
          IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THEIR FUTURES ARE UNCLEAR AND UNSTABLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MY GODFATHER, HE WAS LIVING AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND UH, HIS DAUGHTER. 
          AND ONE DAY HE, UM, HE GOT A NOTICE THAT HE HAD TO GO TO WAR AND FIGHT. 
          AND RIGHT NOW HE'S ON THE FRONT LINES AND HE'S ALWAYS LIKE TELLING US THE STORIES AND WHAT IS GOING ON AND HE CAN SEE THE SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN FROM LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES AND OTHER PEOPLE AND HOW IT IS USED ON THE FRONT LINES. 
          AND HE'S ALWAYS TELLING US THAT'S LIKE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEND HELP, SEND SUPPORT BECAUSE IT IMPACTS REAL PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE FIGHTING. 
          AND, UM, IT IS, UM, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT BECAUSE UKRAINE IS FIGHTING FOR THEIR FREEDOM AND THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. 
          AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE REGARDLESS OF HAVING TO FIGHT FOR IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, TO YOU ALL, UH, FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND WE, WE, UM, KEEP YOU ALL IN OUR PRAYERS AND AND SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, UH, THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED, UH, IN UKRAINIANS AND SAN ANTONIO NONPROFIT CAN, UH, CONTACT OUR OFFICES TO GET CONNECTED TO THAT ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, LASTLY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TODAY. 
          WE ARE RECOGNIZING ON FEBRUARY 19TH, ONE OF THE DARKER PERIODS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THAT IS, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT JAPANESE INTERNMENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING WORLD WAR II. 
          UH, SO IF MYRA DUS IS HERE, AS WELL AS EDUARDO ROCHA, UH, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS FOR JUSTICE JOIN NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN OBSERVING DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2023 TO PROMOTE THE OFTEN OVERLOOKED HISTORY OF INDIVIDUALS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY DETAINED AT FORT SAM HOUSTON DURING WORLD WAR II. 
          AND WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 1942, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER 90 66, STRIPPING PEOPLE OF JAPANESE DESCENT OF THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS AND RESULTING IN 120,000 INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE BEING INCARCERATED DUE TO THEIR JAPANESE DESCENT. 
          AND WHEREAS DODD FIELD AT FORT SAM HOUSTON OPENED AS A DETENTION CENTER IN FEBRUARY, 1942 AFTER ROOSEVELT SIGNED PROCLAMATIONS 25, 26, AND 25, 27, AND UP TO 2,050 JAPANESE INDIVIDUALS WERE CONFINED AT THIS SITE THE SUMMER OF 1942. 
          AND WHEREAS JAPANESE AMERICANS IN SAN ANTONIO CONTINUE TO BE A THRIVING COMMUNITY, THAT HAS ADDED TO THE RICHNESS OF THE CULTURAL TAPESTRY AND THE DIVERSITY OF LEADERSHIP IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WHEREAS EXECUTIVE ORDERS 90, 66, 25, 26, AND 25, 27 AND THE SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENT ONE OF THE MOST SHAMEFUL CHAPTERS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. 
          WE MUST CONT COMMIT TOGETHER TO NEVER AGAIN REPEAT THIS HISTORY THROUGH SIMILAR LAWS ON A STATE OR CITY LEVEL. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 19TH, 2023 TO BE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND COMMEND APIS FOR JUSTICE ON THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENCOURAGING LOCAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO STOP ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN KEEPING A A P I HISTORY ALIVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          MYRA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. 
          HI, GOOD 
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MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS JENNIFER DEON AND I'M FILLING IN FOR MAYRA TODAY A APIS FOR JUSTICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR RON NIRENBERG AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. 
          WE HOPE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT ANTI-ASIAN DISCRIMINATORY LAWS ARE NOT TOLERATED IN SAN ANTONIO OR TEXAS, INCLUDING ANY REPEAT OF ALIEN LAND LAWS SUCH AS SENATE BILL 1 47 THAT IS PROPOSING TO PROHIBIT LAND SALES OR ACQUISITIONS BY FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES OR ENTITIES WITH TIES TO NORTH KOREA, RUSSIAN, RUSSIA, CHINA AND IRAN IN TEXAS. 
          IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF STATEMENT BY THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE, HOUSTON CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          FEBRUARY 19 IS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR JAPANESE AMERICANS. 
          THIS YEAR MARKS THE 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9 0 6 6, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF MILITARY ZONES FROM WHICH ANY OF ALL PERSONS MAY BE EXCLUDED. 
          IN SO DOING IT EMPOWERED THE FORCES OF XENOPHOBIA AND WHITE SUPREMACY TO FORCEFULLY REMOVE AS MANY AS 125,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS FROM THEIR HOMES ON THE WEST COAST AND CONFINED THEM IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS SCATTERED ACROSS THE DESOLATE MOUNTAIN WEST, THE SWELTERING DESERTS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND THE SWAMPS OF ARKANSAS. 
          IT STRIPPED THEM OF THEIR RIGHTS OF THEIR PROPERTY AND AND OF THEIR DIGNITY ON FALSE AND HATEFUL PRETENSES. 
          IT FORMS AN INDELIBLE STAIN UPON OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER. 
          TODAY, THOSE SAME FORCES STILL THRIVE TODAY. 
          PEOPLE CHASING THE AMERICAN DREAM WHO DO NOT LOOK OR SPEAK OR WORSHIP CORRECTLY ARE STILL REVILED, SEGREGATED AND INCARCERATED. 
          AND SO THE LESSONS OF OUR MORAL FAILURE REMAIN UNLEARNED. 
          WE CAN NEVER UNDO AND MUST NEVER FORGET THE SINS OF THE PAST, BUT BY APPLYING THEIR LESSONS TO OUR PRESENT, WE CAN AND MUST ATONE FOR THEM. 
          TOAST TEXAS HOSTED SEVERAL DETENTION FACILITIES. 
          SAN ANTONIO'S FORT SAM HOUSTON BRIEFLY HELD APPROXIMATELY 250 JAPANESE AMERICANS BEFORE THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO MORE PERMANENT LOCATIONS. 
          J A C L HOUSTON BELIEVES THAT RECOGNIZING THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT STEP IN LEARNING THE LESSONS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION IN TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES BY ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT CAME BEFORE WE PREPARE OURSELVES TO PREVENT IT FROM COMING AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MYRA. 
          AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US, ANY OF US WOULD BE IN THIS ROOM IF WE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STRUGGLE INVOLVED WITH A MORE PERFECT NATION. 
          SO RECOGNIZING AND UNDERSTANDING OUR HISTORY IS A FIRST STEP IN THAT STRUGGLE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MYRA, FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          UM, TODAY, UH, WE HAVE A BIG AGENDA, UM, MOSTLY ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS RELATED TO ELECTIONS. 
          AND SO, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE DO HAVE TO GET A BRIEFING FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY. 
          [Executive Session
At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the B Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:
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THE, UH, TIME IS 9:54 AM ON THE 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHILE MEET WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND TO DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THE TIME IS 10:14 AM FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023. 
          CITY COUNCIL'S RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          WE'RE GONNA RESUME OUR MEETING NOW. 
          [ACTION ITEMS FOR STAFF BRIEFING]
UH, JUST A QUICK NOTE ON ORDER OF OPERATIONS HERE. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET A BRIEFING FROM, UH, THE CITY CLERK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          UH, I'LL THEN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL ITEMS RELATED TO THE ELECTION. 
          SO THAT'S ITEMS FOUR AND 20. 
          SO THAT'LL BE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO, UH, OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO, UH, FOR THE BRIEFING ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, LET ME GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OFF TO OUR CITY CLERK. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A STAFF BRIEFING CERTIFYING THE RESULTS OF THE VERIFICATION PROCESS OF THE SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHAPTER AMENDMENT PETITION. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS DEBBIE RUCKUS SITTER AND I'M YOUR CITY CLERK. 
          UM, I HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          YEAH, 
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SO CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THAT I PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH AN OFFICIAL REPORT AT A REGULAR MEETING ANYTIME WE HAVE A PETITION THAT WAS FILED. 
          AND A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON JANUARY 10TH, 2023, GROUND GAME, TEXAS SUBMITTED A PETITION. 
          THE PETITION ON ITS FACE STATED TO AMEND THE CITY CHARTER OF SAN ANTONIO TO ADOPT A JUSTICE POLICY THAT WILL REDUCE UNNECESSARY ARRESTS AND SAVE SCARCE PUBLIC RESOURCES THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF REFORMS, INCLUDING ENDING ENFORCEMENT OF LOW-LEVEL MARIJUANA POSSESSION, ENDING ENFORCEMENT OF ABORTION CRIMES, BANNING NO-KNOCK WARRANTS, BANNING CHOKE HOLES, AND USING CITATIONS INSTEAD OF ARRESTS FOR LOW-LEVEL NON-VIOLENT CRIMES. 
          THE PETITIONERS ALSO SUBMITTED AN 11 PAGE, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER, BUT THIS WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE PHYSICAL PETITION. 
          LIKE I SAID, UH, THE PETITION WAS SUBMITTED JANUARY 10TH, UM, ON FEBRUARY 8TH. 
          THAT WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THE CITY CLERK TO VERIFY THAT WAS 20 BUSINESS DAYS AND PREPARE A REPORT AND THE DECLARE THE SIGNATURES TO BE SUFFICIENT OR INSUFFICIENT. 
          FEBRUARY 17TH. 
          TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER THE MAY 6TH, 2023 ELECTION, WHICH MUST BE HELD ON UNIFORM ELECTION DAY ON IN MAY OR NOVEMBER. 
          SO THAT'S THE ACTION THAT WOULD BE TAKEN TODAY ORDERING OF ELECTION. 
          AND IF THEY WERE NOT TO GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES, THEY WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO FIND TO SEEK, UH, AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY SIGNATURES. 
          SO LEMME GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT MY OFFICE WENT THROUGH. 
          WE USE BEXAR COUNTY VOTER ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT AND A COMPLIANCE SYSTEM TO VERIFY EACH PAGE AND LINE OF THE PETITION MEETING ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION NINE REQUIRES SIGNATURES OF AT LEAST 20,000 QUALIFIED VOTERS IN ORDER FOR THE PETITION TO BE SUFFICIENT. 
          TEXAS ELECTION CODE CHAPTER 2 77 TALKS ABOUT THE PETITION PAGE REQUIREMENTS. 
          IT REQUIRES THE SIGNER'S PRINTED NAME, THE SIGNER'S DATE OF BIRTH OR VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBER, THE SIGNER'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS, THE DATE THEY SIGNED, WHICH MUST BE WITHIN 180 DAYS OF THE DATE THAT THEY FILED A PETITION. 
          AND THE SIGNATURE MUST BE IN THE SIGNER'S OWN HANDWRITING. 
          THE CITY CHARTER ADDITIONALLY REQUIRES A CIRCULATOR STATEMENT SIGNED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND THAT ALL SIGNATURES BE IN INK OR INDELIBLE PENCIL. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CHECKED AS A RESULT OF OUR, UH, EVALUATION AND REVIEW OF ALL. 
          WE ACTUALLY REVIEWED 3,776 LINES ON THE PETITION. 
          20,979 WERE VALID. 
          THAT MEANS THEY WERE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THEY MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT I LISTED PREVIOUSLY. 
          WE REJECTED OR QUESTIONED 668 ADDRESSES. 
          THERE WERE 5,064 SIGNATURES OF OF PERSONS WHO LIVED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. 
          THERE WERE 7,478 WHO WERE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE. 
          THERE WERE 351, UH, LINES THAT DIDN'T HAVE EITHER THE DATE OF BIRTH OR THE VOTER ID. 
          SO THOSE WERE NOT VALID. 
          10 DIDN'T HAVE A SIGNATURE DATE ON THE PETITION. 
          1,554 SIGNATURES WERE EITHER REJECTED OR QUESTIONED MOSTLY BECAUSE THE SIGNATURE WAS NOT THERE OR IN PENCIL, BUT A FEW BECAUSE THE SIGNATURE SIMPLY DID NOT MATCH WHAT WAS IN THE VOTER SYSTEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. 
          THERE WERE 653 VALID DUPLICATES ON THE PETITION AND THERE WERE 19 SIGNATURES THAT DIDN'T HAVE A CIRCULATOR ON THE PAGE. 
          THOSE ADDED UP TO A TOTAL OF THREE 36,776 LINES THAT WE CHECKED. 
          AS A RESULT, I'M CERTIFYING THAT THE PETITION IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHARTER AMENDMENT TO BE PLACED ON THE MAY 6TH, 2023 BALLOT. 
          NO CITY COUNCIL IS A ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR THE CERTIFICATION. 
          ALL RIGHT, UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK Y'ALL TO KEEP IT QUIET SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR BUSINESS TODAY. 
          NO CITY COUNCIL ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THE CERTIFICATION OF THE PETITION. 
          IT'S INFORMATIONAL ONLY. 
          HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST PERFORM ITS MINISTERIAL DUTY ACCORDING TO STATE LAW TO ORDER THE CHARTER ELECTION AS A RESULT OF THE SUFFICIENT PETITION SIGNATURES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEBBIE. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, ANDY, BEFORE 
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I START CALLING FOLKS, UH, WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS, UH, NUMBER FOUR AND 20, UH, YOU WANNA SET THE GROUND GROUNDWORK FOR US? YES. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I'LL PROBABLY SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD THIS MORNING, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE, UH, HERE IN THE CHAMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, BY PLACING THE PETITION ON THE BALLOT, THE COUNCIL IS SIMPLY EXERCISING A REQUIREMENT UNDER STATE LAW TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT ONCE THE PETITION SIGNATURES ARE CERTIFIED BY THE CLERK, IT IS THE OBLIGATION, THE LEGAL OBLIGATION OF THIS BODY TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. 
          YOU'D HAVE NO DISCRETION ON THAT. 
          THEREFORE, ANY VOTE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE ENTIRE BODY IS VOTING ON THE MERITS OF THE PETITION. 
          THAT'LL BE UP TO THE VOTERS, UH, IN THE MAY ELECTION. 
          AND I'LL PROBABLY SAY THAT FIVE OR SIX MORE TIMES, MAYOR. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR, UH, LETTING ME GET STARTED. 
          THANK YOU ANDY. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FOUR AND 20 AND I'LL CALL EVERYBODY IN ORDER OF SIGN UP. 
          UH, IF YOU CAN LISTEN FOR YOUR NAME, I'M GONNA CALL THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE AND WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY. 
          FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS HENRY CLAY HUNT. 
          MR. HUNT, YOU'RE GONNA BE FOLLOWED BY CESARIO GARCIA. 
          GO AHEAD AND TELL HIM YOU SECEDE YOUR TIME TOO. 
          UH, YOUR HONOR, THIS IS PAUL CUOMO. 
          I'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, I GUESS LATER AND I'D LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TO FATHER CLAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          COULD YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME AGAIN? CUOMO. 
          CUOMO. 
          C O M E A X. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. HUNT, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. 
          MY NAME IS FATHER CLAY HUNT. 
          I'M A PRIEST OF THE LORD. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, MAYBE YOU NEVER HEARD THESE THINGS AND IT IN LARGE PART CAN BE TO THE LACK OF SOLICITUDE TO THE ONE, TO THE ONES WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE TO CALL IT OUT TO YOU. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR PASTORS, THAT WOULD BE THE CHURCH. 
          BUT IN FACT, THESE THINGS ARE TRUE TO GOD AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. 
          HE WHO IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER. 
          AND IN FACT, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IS TO BE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW YOU GUYS PERSONALLY, BUT IF IT IS SO THAT YOU PROFESS YOURSELVES TO BE CHRISTIAN, AND IN FACT ESPECIALLY CATHOLIC, YOU ARE ALL THE MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE THINGS SPEAKING TO THE JUSTICE PROPOSAL, IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNJUST, FIRST AND FOREMOST TO THE HIGHER LAW, WHICH IS THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD THAT THE LORD REVEALED TO US. 
          SO THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE MADE IS IN CONTRADICTION TO THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT. 
          THOU SHALT NOT KILL AND ANY ONE OF YOU WHO PUTS YOUR VOTE TO IT WILL PUT YOUR HAND INTO THE INNOCENT BLOOD OF ABORTION. 
          NOT TO MENTION THE LAWLESSNESS THAT WILL COME LIKE YOU'VE SEEN IN KENOSHA, IN SAN FRANCISCO, IN PHILADELPHIA, IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
          AND CRAZY THAT IT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO COME TO OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO UNDER YOUR WATCH. 
          THAT'S SHAMEFUL. 
          BIG TIME. 
          SHAMEFUL. 
          IT'S AGAINST THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT. 
          YOU WILL SEE TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL CRIMES. 
          NOT TO MENTION OBVIOUSLY THEFT. 
          YOU PROPOSE THAT IT'LL BE, UH, NON PUNISHABLE TO $750. 
          WHAT AN OFFENSE AGAINST THE POOR, THESE LITTLE ONES THAT WERE HERE THIS MORNING. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE POOR PEOPLE I SERVE IN THE BARRIOS? SOMEBODY STEALS THEIR LAWNMOWER THAT COSTS $250. 
          WHAT ABOUT A LITTLE KID? ONE OF THESE GUYS, THEY STEAL THEIR BICYCLE AND THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO TELL 'EM, I'M SORRY, THE POLICE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. 
          IT'S TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE THE ACTIONS. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST TO THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT FORWARD. 
          IT'S, THERE'S A HISTORY OF THIS, A HISTORY THAT EACH OF YOU HAS DEMONSTRATED TO MARXIST IDEOLOGIES AND TO THOSE THINGS THAT UNDERMINE FREE AND FAIR AND THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. 
          I WANNA READ TO YOU A QUOTE FROM A MAN WHO VISITED OUR CITY AND HE WAS A GREAT MAN OF THIS COUNTRY. 
          HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO, THE MOVIE JOHN WAYNE. 
          HE SAID, WHEN YOU ALLOW UNLAWFUL ACTS TO GO UN PUNISHED, YOU'RE MOVING TOWARD 
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A GOVERNMENT OF MEN RATHER THAN A GOVERNMENT OF LAW. 
          AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE LAWLESSNESS. 
          AND I TOLD HIM OUTSIDE YESTERDAY, I'VE NEVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET THE MAYOR FACE TO FACE, BUT I KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU FANCY YOURSELF TO BE A MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GREAT. 
          ACTUALLY, I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF YOU EVER NEED A SPARRING PARTNER, DON'T HESITATE TO CALL FATHER CLAY. 
          I SPECIALIZE IN WHAT THEY CALL THE GROUND AND POUND. 
          BUT IN THE OFFENSES THAT YOU HAVE DONE AGAINST TRUTH, I'M TELLING YOU, YOU CAN VERY WELL EXPECT TO TAKE A BACKEND FROM THE LORD. 
          I'M GONNA READ YOU FROM THE SACRED SS A PSALM THAT HOPEFULLY EACH OF YOU TAKE TO HEART. 
          THE PSALMIST SAYS IN THIS WAY, IT WAS FROM THE MORNING PRAYER YESTERDAY, AS I WAS GONNA SPEAK YESTERDAY, BUT FROM SOME OF THE ACTIONS HERE, I WAS NOT ABLE TO. 
          WHICH AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CARE MUCH FOR THE POVERTY OF THE POOR 'CAUSE I HAD TO PAY AN EXTRA PARKING TICKET WHICH I DON'T HAVE AND TO GO OUTTA MY WAY. 
          AND I HEARD THAT MAN THAT DESIRED TO SPEAK TO Y'ALL CALLING OUT AND YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN TO HIM. 
          POOR MAN RIGHT HERE YESTERDAY EVENING BEFORE YOU WALKED OUTTA THE SESSION. 
          AND I HEARD YOU IN REVELRY TALKING AND LAUGHING ABOUT NO TELLING WHAT BEHIND THE CHAMBERS. 
          PSALM 52, WHY DO YOU BOAST OF YOUR WICKEDNESS, YOUR CHAMPION OF EVIL PLANNING RU AND ALL THE DAY LONG YOU TONGUE SHARPEN LIKE A RAZOR. 
          YOU MASTER OF DECEIT. 
          YOU LOVE EVIL MORE THAN GOOD LIES MORE THAN TRUTH. 
          YOU LOVE THE DESTRUCTIVE WORD, YOUR TONGUE OF DECEIT FOR THIS GOD WILL DESTROY YOU AND REMOVE YOU FOREVER. 
          HE WILL SNATCH YOU FROM YOUR TENT AND UPROOT YOU FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING. 
          IF YOU WANT TO BE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY, LET'S SEE THAT YOU VOTE TO SAY AS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THE COMMON GOOD. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING THIS FOOLISHNESS TO OUR CITY. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW THIS TO BE A BURDEN TO OUR TAXPAYERS, TO THE FAITH OF OUR GOOD AND INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO IN LARGE PART, MASSIVE WOULD WHOLE CLOTH REJECT THIS. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. HUNT CESARIO GARCIA. 
          MR. GARCIA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY VALERIE REEFER. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR, COUNCILMAN AND WOMEN. 
          THE ITEM 20 IS BEING VOTED ON THIS MORNING IS VERY TROUBLING AND WILL EQUALLY AND AND WILL EQUALLY BE A NO-WIN SCENARIO. 
          ANTONIO, IT IS A PILL THAT EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO SWALLOW. 
          THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL WASH IT DOWN EASILY. 
          THERE WILL BE DIRE CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL BE FELT MOVING FORWARD. 
          THEREFORE COME MAY 6TH ON ELECTION DAY, EVERY ABLE BODY MUST VOTE. 
          NO. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU MR. GARCIA. 
          VALERIE ERT, VALERIE REEFER. 
          MS. ERT, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL OSBORNE. 
          HI. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          I THINK THOSE, UM, LAST COUPLE OF PEOPLE JUST MADE EVERYBODY A LITTLE LESS INTELLIGENT. 
          I'M GOING TO YIELD MY TIME TO ANANDA PLEASE. 
          DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S TIME? SHE'S GIVING YOUR TIME. 
          YOU'RE YIELDING YOUR TIME TO ANANDA. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          UM, I CAN WAIT. 
          NO, IF YOU WANNA TAKE YOUR TIME NOW SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY UP HERE. 
          GO AHEAD ANANDA. 
          YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          UM, I DO HAVE UH, DOCUMENT FOR THE CITY REAL QUICK. 
          I JUST HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS FAST. 
          MR. O, MR. OSBORNE, YOU'LL BE NEXT. 
          THANK YOU TERRY. 
          OKAY. 
          AMANDA AND JOSH WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEIR FIRST BABY LAST YEAR THEY NAMED HER WILLOW, BUT JUST FOUR MONTHS IN 
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AMANDA'S WATER BROKE. 
          SHE WAS MISCARRYING AND THERE WAS NO CHANCE TO SAVE HER BABY DOCTORS COULDN'T HELP HER TERMINATE THE BABY BECAUSE IT STILL HAD A HEARTBEAT. 
          AND DOCTORS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW TEXAS ABORTION LAW COULD FACE LOSS OF THEIR MEDICAL LICENSE IN A POSSIBLE LIFE SENTENCE, POSSIBLE LIFE SENTENCE IN PRISON. 
          AMANDA GOT AN INFECTION AND ALMOST DIED WAITING TO GET LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL PROCEDURES FOR A BABY THAT HAD NO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. 
          SHE'S ONE OF AT LEAST THREE WOMEN IN TEXAS THAT HAVE FACED THIS ISSUE. 
          THAT'S THE REALITY OF THIS ABORTION LAW AND THE CHOICE THAT WE HAVE FORCED ON OUR OWN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHEN WE HAVE TURNED HEALTHCARE INTO PART OF POLICING WHEN POLICE HAVE TO ARREST HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS FOR TRYING TO SAVE THEIR PATIENTS' LIVES. 
          AND IT'S WHY SAN ANTONIANS CREATED AND SIGNED THE SA JUSTICE CHARTER. 
          WE CAN'T AFFORD WATER DOWN RESOLUTIONS WITH NO TEETH. 
          WE NEED REAL POLICY AND BOLD INITIATIVES THAT CAN HELP LAY THE LANDSCAPE FOR OUR OWN CITY POLITICS AND LAY GROUNDWORK FOR CITIES ACROSS TEXAS. 
          JUST AS CONGRESSMAN KASSAR MENTIONED, WE HAVE A HISTORY IN THE CITY OF LEADING THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. 
          AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEAD THAT FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS WITH CREATION OF THIS JUSTICE CHARTER THAT I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS WAS CREATED BY THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND WILL BE PASSED BY THE PEOPLE. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE DIRECT CHALLENGES TO LAWS THAT THREATEN WOMEN'S LIVES, BLACK LIVES, LATINO LIVES SAN ANTONIAN LIVES. 
          WE NEED LAWS THAT FIGHT MASS INCARCERATION AND STOP POLICING PRACTICES PROVEN TO BE DISCRIMINATORY AND DANGEROUS FOR COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO DANGEROUS FOR OFFICERS. 
          NO KNOCK WARRANTS ARE DANGEROUS FOR OFFICERS. 
          LET'S NOT FORGET THAT FROM 2013 TO 2019, TEXAS HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL NUMBER OF KILLINGS BY POLICE OFFICERS IN THE NATION. 
          AND BEXAR COUNTY HAD THE SECOND MOST KILLINGS BY POLICE IN THE STATE. 
          LET'S NOT FORGET JESSE AGUIRE, WHO DIED WITH OFFICER'S KNEE ON HIS NECK HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          OR THE FACT THAT THE HERNANDEZ FAMILY IS STILL GRIEVING THE LOSS OF 13 YEAR OLD AJ AT THE HANDS OF S P SS A P D LAST SUMMER, WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO STAY SILENT. 
          SOMETHING MUST CHANGE. 
          AND THAT REALIZATION IS WHY OVER 38,000 FOLKS SIGNED THE SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHARTER TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND WHY IT MUST BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT TODAY AS IT WAS INTENDED BY VOTERS AS ONE INITIATIVE. 
          TO BE CLEAR, THIS FALLS UNDER ONE SINGLE SUBJECT POLICING AND MORE BROADLY PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          IT ALL COVERS SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS, SAVE OUR LIVES, AND GIVE US A SAY ON PUBLIC SAFETY ONCE AND FOR ALL FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ELECTED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO WHY WE MISPLACE THE JUSTICE CHARTER ON THE BALLOT WITH ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE FOR ALL VOTERS. 
          ONE IN FOUR ADULTS IN SAN ANTONIO READS AT A FIFTH GRADE READING LEVEL, AN AVERAGE VOTER READS AT A SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE READING LEVEL. 
          THE LANGUAGE AS IT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED DOES NOT FIT THAT READING LEVEL FURTHER, WE HAVE A DIVERSE CITY WITH MANY FOLKS WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH. 
          THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT REQUIRES BALLOTS TO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH VIETNAMESE, A MULTITUDE OF LANGUAGES, AND IT CALLS FOR THAT TRANSLATION TO BE ACCURATE. 
          I HAVE NEVER SEEN BALLOT LANGUAGE SO LENGTHY AND WORDY BEFORE. 
          YOU'RE PUTTING AN UNDUE BURDEN ON VOTERS OF SAN ANTONIO, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH. 
          A BURDEN THAT CAN BE CHALLENGED IN THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT, AS WE SAW IN DCUS V PARKER, WHICH DECLARED A CITY'S LEGAL OBLIGATION, IS ONLY TO NAME THE CHIEF FEATURES OF THE POLICY OR TO DESCRIBE ITS CHARACTER AND PURPOSE. 
          I'VE JUST SHARED A SIGN-ON LETTER WITH A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS ASKING THAT YOU AMEND THE BALLOT LANGUAGE IN A MANNER THAT STILL GIVES A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT PROPOSITION A IS PROPOSING WITHOUT A WALL OF COMPLICATED AND A UNNECESSARY TEXT. 
          THINK OF THE DIVERSITY OF VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          NO POLITICAL PLAYS, JUST CONCISE, ACCESSIBLE, TRUTHFUL LANGUAGE. 
          SO SAN ANTONIANS CAN MAKE A WELL-INFORMED AND CLEAR DECISION ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN THEIR COMMUNITY BY VOTING FOR PROPOSITION A THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS, MICHAEL OSBORNE. 
          ALL RIGHT FOLKS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP IT DOWN 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SAY PEOPLE'S NAMES ONCE, IF THEY DON'T HEAR IT, THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR TIME. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN TO PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN. 
          HELP ME WITH THE ORDER IN HERE. 
          MICHAEL OSBORNE, FOLLOWED BY SUSAN BAIN, 
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JUSTICE AND MERCY. 
          JUSTICE IS DETERMINED BY LAW CONSTITUTIONALLY WHERE A NATION OF STATE AND THE CITY GOVERNED BY THE RULE OF LAW, NOT THE WHIMS OF MAN, BUT WOE A MAN WHEN THEY SEEK TO BREAK CONSTITUTIONALLY ESTABLISHED AND LEGISLATED LAWS, AS IS THE TESTIMONY OF YOUR OWN CITY ATTORNEY. 
          OF COURSE, HE MUST UNDER PENALTY OF BEING DISBARRED, CORRECTLY ADVISE YOU ON HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW CONCERNING THIS ILLEGAL ITEM TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT TO APPROVE AN ADMITTEDLY ILLEGAL ITEM TO BE PRESENTED, TO BE PRESENTED WITH YOUR VOTE. 
          THUS, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITIZENS IS AN ABDICATION OF YOUR OATH OF OFFICE, A VIOLATION OF THE RULE OF LAW, A CONTINUATION OF SUBJECTING THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO THEIR OWN MODERN DAY VERSION OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, ANOTHER HOLOCAUST. 
          NOW I UNDERSTAND YOU FEEL YOU'RE UNDER SOME CATCH 22 BECAUSE THIS PROPOSAL PROPOSED AND FACETIOUSLY NAMED JUSTICE ITEM GOT A MINIMUM NUMBER OF SIGNATURES, BUT TOTALLY IGNORING THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ILLEGAL. 
          AND ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL, UNENFORCEABLE BY YOUR LOGIC, THE ABO ABOMINABLE DECREES OF THE NAZIS, THE COMMUNIST AND THE FASCIST WERE SOMEHOW VALID. 
          HAS THIS CATCH 22 BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL? YOUR CLERK WENT THROUGH THE RIGOR OF VERIFYING AN ILLEGAL ORDINANCE. 
          YOU TALK ABOUT SHAMEFUL ACTIONS FOR YOUR PC LEGAL BEAGLE. 
          TO PUT THE BLAME ON THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO ON THIS FOR THIS ORDINANCE, AND TRY AND ABDICATE ANY INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY IS LUDICROUS. 
          YOU JUST HAD SOME YOUNG CHILDREN HERE, BUT THEY LEARNED FOREMOST BY EXAMPLE. 
          AND THE EXAMPLE OF APPROVING AN ILLEGAL MEASURE TEACHES THEM THAT LAWS ARE ONLY TO BE AB OBEYED IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT. 
          IF YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM FOR THE BALLOT, THESE CHILDREN WILL BE THE ONES THAT GET YOUR MESSAGE THAT IT'S OKAY TO STEAL AS LONG AS IT'S UNDER A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          IN THIS INSTANCE, $750. 
          I CAN FILL MY CARD AT WALMART FOR LESS THAN $750. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE INCREASE IN CRIME FROM THE DA'S REFUSAL TO ENFORCE THE LAWS OF THE CITY, STATE, AND NATION. 
          I RECOMMEND THAT ALL BUSINESSES IN SAN ANTONIO MARK UP ALL OF THEIR MERCHANDISE TO 750 WITH DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE UPON CHECKOUT OTHERWISE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. OSBORNE. 
          OTHERWISE, COULD I DO SUSAN BAIN? SHE'S GOING. 
          SUSAN BAIN. 
          SHE'S GONNA SEED TIME TO ME. 
          WHO ARE YOU, MA'AM? ALL RIGHT, SUSAN BAIN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS SUSAN BAIN, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY 77 YEARS THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN MOTIVATED TO COME DOWN TO SPEAK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND SO I HOPE YOU REALIZE THAT I MUST BE REGISTERING ALARM AT A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          I'M HERE SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE DECISION YOU WILL BE MAKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT THE JUSTICE CHARTER POLICY CHANGE ON THE MAY BALLOT. 
          FRANKLY, I CALL IT THE CRIMINAL BENEFIT ACT, OR JUST INVITE CRIME EVERYWHERE ACT. 
          I CAME HERE TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF EVERY CITIZEN AND BUSINESS IN BEXAR COUNTY AND IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF A LOCALLY BASED, NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION CALLED INFUSE SA. 
          AND OUR MISSION IS PRECISELY TO FIGHT FOR THE PERSONAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM OF EVERY, EVERY CITIZEN, AND EVERY BUSINESS IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT I'M DOING BY APPEARING HERE TODAY. 
          I WANT TO ADDRESS THE DECISION YOU WILL BE MAKING TO PUT THIS JUSTICE POLICY ON THE BALLOT. 
          AND BESIDES ALL THE REASONS I COULD GIVE YOU ABOUT WHY I HOPE YOU OPPOSE THIS, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS THIS. 
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ALL OF YOU MUST BE AWARE THAT YOUR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL UPON WHOM YOU RELY FOR WISE DECISIONS HAS SAID THAT ALMOST ALL OF THIS PROPOSED POLICY IS ILLEGAL. 
          SO WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO VOTE TO APPROVE YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADVISED IS ILLEGAL. 
          AND I'M HERE TO ASK, HOW COULD YOU JUSTIFY GIVING IT YOUR APPROVAL UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES? YOU KNOW, THIS WILL ULTIMATELY WIND UP IN COURT AND COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TAXPAYER MONEY OF TAXPAYER MONEY, MONEY THAT YOU COULD BE ALLOCATING FOR ROADS, FOR NEEDED FIRE AND POLICE AND SAFETY PROTECTION AND FOR IMPROVED SCHOOLS, THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT EXPECT. 
          KNOWING ALL OF THIS AND KNOWING THAT YOUR VOTERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW YOU ARE HANDLING YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM AND HANDLING YOUR PROTECTION OF THEIR SAFETY AND WELLBEING, I URGE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING AND DO NOT ALLOW THIS ON THE BALLOT. 
          I HAVE ALREADY, I HAVE READ THAT YOU SAY YOUR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE THIS IS THE AMENDMENT SUBMITTED BY THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF VOTERS. 
          AND I SUBMIT THAT YOU COULD JUST AS EASILY SAY AND MORE ACCURATELY SAY THAT YOUR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE YOU CANNOT PUT SOMETHING ON THE ILLEGAL, ON THE BALLOT. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BAIN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANDY. 
          I THINK YOU NEED TO REMIND US AGAIN WHAT WE'RE HERE DOING. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YES, I'LL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY YET WITH A, A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, AGAIN, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE MERITS OF THE PETITION, UH, IN TERMS OF ADV ADVOCACY FOR AGAINST WHICH THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, REMIND THE COMMUNITY, REMIND PEOPLE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS THAT THIS COUNCIL CANNOT CONSIDER THE MERITS OF THE PETITION. 
          YOU HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION, THEIR STATE LAW TO PLACE THE PETITION ON THE BALLOT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, NEXT SPEAKER IS JACK FINGER. 
          MR. FINGER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ERNEST SALINAS, OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. 
          FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ITEM NUMBER 20. 
          YOU SAY THEY'RE COMPANION ITEMS AND PERHAPS THEY ARE, BUT I NOTICED THAT SOMEONE FAILED TO PUT THEM TOGETHER ON THE SAME SECTION OF TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          CONSEQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US WHO SIGNED UP FOR BOTH OF THEM REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND THREE MINUTES FOR ITEM NUMBER 20. 
          SINCE THEY ARE ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF TODAY'S AGENDA, ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, MR. MAYOR? CRICKETS. 
          I TAKE IT NOT WELL. 
          ANYWAY, BE THAT AS IT MAY, MR. MAYOR, UH, LET'S LOOK AT THIS, UH, ORDERING AN AN ELECTION HERE. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON TO THIS, THIS THING? LET'S PUT THAT UP THERE IF YOU WOULD, MR. BUMAN, WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING PLACED ON THE AGENDA TODAY? UH, FOR, UH, MAY, IF YOU CAN READ IT A BIT THERE, KIND OF BLEACHED OUT THERE A PETITION, UM, AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER AND THE UNDERLYING AREA SAYS INCLUDING, CAN YOU BLOW IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, MR. , INCLUDING PLACING, UM, YEAH, THERE WE GO. 
          INCLUDING ENDING ENFORCEMENT OF LOW LEVEL MARIJUANA POSSESSION, ENDING ENFORCEMENT OF ABORTION CRIMES AND ELSEWHERE IT SAYS, AND USING CITATIONS INSTEAD OF ARRESTS FOR LOW LEVEL NONVIOLENT CRIMES. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TOLD YOU HOW ILLEGAL THOSE THINGS ARE AND YES, QUITE FRANKLY, WHY DO YOU, WHY DO YOU EVEN INSIST ON PUTTING THEM ON THE, UH, BALLOT? WELL, YOU SAY, WELL, STATE LAW TELLS US TO, WELL, NOT REALLY. 
          UH, ONCE AGAIN, MR. BUMAN, LOOK, SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 
          NO, SAME PAGE. 
          THERE, THERE WE GO. 
          IT SAYS, WHAT DOES THE STAFF SAY? ALTERNATIVES STAFF SAID NONE. 
          WELL, I WOULD BEG TO DIFFER WITH THAT. 
          THE VERY FACT THAT YOU HAVE A VOTE, A VOTE ON THIS STUFF, THAT TELLS EVERYBODY THAT YOU HAVE AN OPTION OF SAYING NO. 
          WELL, AND YOU'S GONNA SAY, WELL, JACK, IF WE DO THAT, THEN UH, WE BE VIOLATING STATE LAW AND WE MIGHT END UP GOING TO JAIL. 
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WELL, THAT WE, WE WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT. 
          YES. 
          UM, WELL, I MEAN, WHY NOT? UH, REALLY JUST STAND UP FOR FOUR YEAR PRINCIPLES AND JUST, JUST GET DRAGGED OUT, OUT TO THE JAIL BY, BY THE, BY THE COPPERS THERE. 
          HUH? YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO, WHO WANT THIS THING? WE ASK. 
          WE LOOK AT THOSE, HOW THEY WANT TO DECRIMINALIZE THINGS, ESPECIALLY THE $750 THING. 
          ARE THEY REALLY THAT CRAZY? DON'T HANDCUFF THE POLICE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          EARNEST SALINAS. 
          MR. SALINAS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SCOTT AMBROSE. 
          MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, I COME HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE POLICY BEING PUT ON THE BALLOT MAY 6TH. 
          UH, I'M ASKING YOU HERE TODAY TO BE LEADERS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROTECTORS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHAT THIS POLICY HAS DONE OR WILL DO, IS IT COULD POSSIBLY HURT PEOPLE AND IT COULD POSSIBLY KILL PEOPLE. 
          AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES OF, ONE EXAMPLE IS MR. BARUA, YOU HAVE A CONVENIENCE STORE NEXT TO YOUR FIELD OFFICE. 
          THAT SEVEN 11 STORE ALWAYS GETS ROBBED. 
          PEOPLE TAKE STUFF, THEY TERRORIZE THE CLERK AND THEY JUST WALK OUT FREE BECAUSE THEY KNOW IF THEY DON'T HIT THAT $350 THRESHOLD, NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING TO 'EM. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 
          THE INCIDENT AT TWIN PEAKS THERE ON 1 51 JUST THE OTHER WEEK WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A DIS DIS DISRUPTION BECAUSE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WANTED TO WALK OUT A BILL. 
          AND I'M GONNA GIVE PRAISE TO KEN'S FIVE FOR PUTTING THIS OUT THERE. 
           REALLY TELLING THE PEOPLE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, NOT JUST ABOUT SOMEBODY TAKING A TASER AND GETTING SHOT. 
          SO AGAIN, PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS POLICY WILL HURT AND POSSIBLY KILL CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I ASK YOU HERE TODAY TO BE PROTECTORS OF THIS GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SALINAS. 
          SCOTT AMBROSE. 
          MR. AMBROSE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER LUTTON. 
          I YIELD MY TIME TO, UH, DANNY DIAZ. 
          THANK YOU MR. AMBROSE. 
          UM, CHRISTOPHER LUTTON. 
          I'LL MY TIME TO DANNY DIAZ. 
          OKAY, DANNY, YOU WANNA COME UP NOW? CAN I HAVE ONE MORE, MR. MAYOR? YEAH, YOU HAVE, UH, NINE MINUTES. 
          I THINK I HAVE TWO MORE THAT STILL HAVE MINUTES. 
          YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM. 
          NINE MINUTES. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          IF ANYBODY ELSE IS SEATING TIME, YOU CAN SEED UP TO, UH, TWO PEOPLE CAN SEED TIME TO GET NINE MINUTES, BUT THAT'S THE MAX FOR ANY ONE PERSON. 
          SO, UH, DANNY, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST TOOK THE POSITION AS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATION, I REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH, CHIEF MCMANUS AND THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT. 
          MY FIRST STATEMENT WAS THAT I WAS COMING TO WORK WITH YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU. 
          MY GOAL WAS TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT HAD NOT BEEN DONE IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          AND THAT WAS TO KEEP, HAVE AND KEEP AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH NOT ONLY THE CHIEF'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, THE MAYOR, AND THE CITY MANAGERS. 
          ONE THING THAT I TOLD EVERYONE IS I WOULD ALWAYS COME WITH THE TRUTH AND FACTS TO SUPPORT WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          TODAY I COME WITH A HEAVY HEART FILLED WITH FRUSTRATION AND AT TIMES ANGER. 
          AND I WILL ADMIT THAT THE REST OF MY MEMBERSHIP FEELS THE SAME WAY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FRIVOLOUS PROPOSITION THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE TODAY. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHARTER. 
          OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, ACTIVISTS HAVE MISLED AND LIED THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO SIGN A PETITION THAT WOULD DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA AND ABORTION, BUT LEFT OUT FOUR OTHER ISSUES. 
          I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NEVER ARRESTED ANYONE FOR HAVING AN ABORTION, HAS NEVER ARRESTED A DOCTOR FOR HOLDING A PROCEDURE FOR ABORTION. 
          I'M HERE TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT WE'RE SHORT-STAFFED. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AT A HOSPITAL OR AT A FACILITY THAT HOLDS ABORTIONS TO WAIT FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO DO THOSE PROCEDURES. 
          JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          THAT IS, SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF AT THE STATE LEVEL AND NOT THE CITY CHARTER. 
          THE CITY ATTORNEY, ANDY SEGOVIA, HAS ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT FIVE OUTTA SIX ITEMS ON THIS PROPOSITION 
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ARE UNENFORCEABLE. 
          AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR, NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST YOU, BUT I LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED UP NORTH AND OUT WEST. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAD A SIMILAR PROPOSITION. 
          THE CITIZENS WERE TOLD THERE THAT IT IS UNENFORCEABLE. 
          THE OFFICERS OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE HAVING TO ENFORCE THAT PETITION THAT WAS PASSED. 
          I HAD A LADY LAST NIGHT THAT I SPOKE AT AN, UH, ENGAGEMENT. 
          SHE MOVED HERE FROM SEATTLE TO GET AWAY FROM THE EXACT SAME PROPOSAL THAT WAS PASSED THERE. 
          AND HER FIRST STATEMENT TO ME LAST NIGHT WAS, IT'S LIKE DEJA VU. 
          I THOUGHT I LEFT IT AND NOW I'M COMING TO IT. 
          JUSTICE DIRECTOR POSITION, THE SO-CALLED JUSTICE DIRECTOR WOULD OVERSEE THE CITY'S JUSTICE POLICY TO REDUCE MASS INCARCERATION, MITIGATE RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES, ENSURE CITY DECISIONS NOT NEGATIVE, NEGATIVELY IMPACT HISTORICALLY OVER POLICE COMMUNITIES, OVERSEE ALL CITY BUDGETS AND CONTRACTS CONCERNING POLICE OFFICERS. 
          MY QUESTION IS, HOW CAN A JUSTICE DIRECTOR OVERSEE ALL OF THIS WITHOUT ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE OR BACKGROUND? HOW CAN ANYONE DICTATE CITY BUDGET WITHOUT AN ACCOUNTING DEGREE? IT IS OUR OPINION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A JUSTICE DIRECTOR THAT OVERSEES THE RESPONSIBILITY BY THIS PETITION. 
          THE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT'S PUT IN PLACE ALREADY BELONGS TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MARIA ILLA GOMEZ. 
          IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OR IF WE WANT THAT, WHAT THE LAST ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS PETITION. 
          ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CHANGE HER JOB TITLE. 
          IN COLLEGE, I LEARNED THAT YOU DO NOT DUPLICATE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS. 
          IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. 
          IF WE DO THAT HERE, IT WILL BE A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY. 
          SHE ALREADY DOES A JOB THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO CREATE A PAID POSITION FOR. 
          ACT FOR SA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANANDA THOMAS SAYS THAT WE ARE AFRAID OF OVERSIGHT THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS WEAR BODY CAMS THAT EVERYONE GETS TO SEE. 
          WE ANSWER TO OUR SUPERVISORS, OUR CIVILIAN ADVISORY ACTION BOARD. 
          OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE CHIEF'S OFFICE, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR T COLE, OUR LICENSING, THE STATE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. 
          IS THAT NOT ENOUGH OVERSIGHT? LET'S SAY THE CHARTER BECOMES ENFORCEABLE. 
          KEEP IN MIND THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS OFFICERS AGAIN, HAVE NEVER ARRESTED ANYONE FOR ABORTION. 
          OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOE GONZALEZ, HAS PRACTICALLY ALREADY LEGALIZED MARIJUANA IN HIS CURRENT SITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM. 
          A PROGRAM THAT HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND ON AN AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ARREST FOR. 
          AND DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, GO ONTO YOUTUBE. 
          THERE'S A YOUNG MAN THAT'S ON THERE THAT PRAISES JOE GONZALEZ AND HIS NEW SITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM. 
          'CAUSE HE WAS ARRESTED FOR FOUR OUNCES OF MARIJUANA WHEN THE OFFICER TOOK HIM TO GET MAGISTRATED, THE A D A MADE THE OFFICER RELEASE HIM. 
          NEVERMIND THAT THE D E A IS PUTTING OUT ON A DAILY BASIS HOW FENTANYL IS KILLING AMERICANS. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT MARIJUANA THAT'S COMING ACROSS THE BORDER IS NOW BEING LACED WITH FENTANYL. 
          THEFT OF SERVICES PERMITTING, SHOPLIFTING UP TO 750 ARE NOT VICTIMLESS CRIMES, BUT SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS WILL TAKE THE HIT. 
          KIDS WILL BE KIDS IF THEY DO A BEER RUN, HOW MUCH BEER CAN THEY STEAL BEFORE IT AMOUNTS TO $750? WHO PAYS FOR THAT? THE STORE OWNER. 
          THE SOLUTION. 
          THIS SOLUTION GOES AGAINST THE OATH WE TOOK AS POLICE OFFICERS TO UPHOLD LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. 
          LAST WEEK, MYSELF AND MY POLITICAL ACTION CHAIRMAN JOHNNY PEREZ, HAD A MEETING WITH COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I ASKED COUNCILMAN BRAVO, WHAT WAS THE REASONING FOR THE MEETING? AND HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN TO ME THAT HE'S HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THIS HOMELESS AND THAT HE CAN'T DO A SECOND CHANCE AGREEMENT WITH THEM UNLESS WE GO AND KNOCK DOWN DOORS AND ARREST THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE NARCOTICS. 
          I COULDN'T BELIEVE 
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WHAT I WAS HEARING. 
          AND I TOLD HIM THIS BECAUSE YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD ALL YOU WANT, SIR, YOU DID SAID, AND I TOLD YOU LAST FRIDAY AT THE RESTAURANT EL PANAMA ON JACKSON KELLER JO. 
          SIR DANNY ADDRESSED THE WHOLE BODY, PLEASE. 
          SO IN THIS, I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT BEING SHORT-STAFFED, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THE JOB THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. 
          BUT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO SOMETHING THAT HE ACTUALLY SIGNED A PETITION FOR NOT ONLY HIM, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT FIVE. 
          THE PETITION WOULD NOT DO AWAY WITH THE VERY THING THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. 
          IT'S A CONTRADICTION. 
          I TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO COUNCILMAN BRAVO THAT THE REAL ISSUE HERE WITH THE DEPARTMENT IS A STAFFING ISSUE. 
          WE CAN'T HELP HIM WITH HIS SITUATION BECAUSE WE ARE SHORT-STAFFED. 
          AS A RESULT OF THE LAST CRIME REPORT REVEALED, OUR CITY'S HOMICIDE RATE HAS INCREASED TO 45, EXCUSE ME, 43% LAST YEAR. 
          WE CONSTANTLY GET COMPARED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          THE CITY OF DALLAS IS HOMICIDE RATE IS AT A NEGATIVE THREE RIGHT NOW. 
          THESE ARE ARE THINGS THAT ARE PUT OUT PUBLICLY AND IT'S COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS MORE OFFICERS THAN WE DO, AND IT'S A SMALLER CITY. 
          I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS LOOKED AT OUR BOUNDARIES LATELY, BUT IT GOES TO BERKFIELD ROAD ON THE NORTH, PAST 1604 ON THE SOUTH, AND BASICALLY THE TWO 11 ON THE WEST. 
          I TALKED TO A RETIRED DEPUTY CHIEF WHO DID THE STAFFING IN THE NINETIES AND HE ASKED ME THIS QUESTION, SON, HOW MANY OFFICERS DO YOU HAVE CURRENTLY? I SAID, ON PAPER, SIR, 25 0 3. 
          I SAID, BUT OUT ON THE STREET ABOUT 2300. 
          AND HE SAYS, YOU SURE HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN THREE DECADES. 
          'CAUSE IN THE LATE NINETIES WE HAD 1900. 
          WHAT WE ASK TODAY IS THAT YOU ASSIST US AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO TO VOTE AGAINST THIS. 
          NOW THAT IT'S GOING TO THE BALLOT AND ASSIST US TO PROTECT YOU, GIVE US SOME COVER FOR A CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DIAZ. 
          ROSE HILL. 
          MS. HILL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JASON SANCHEZ. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS ROSE HILL. 
          I'M PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL ALLIANCE, NAVY ASSOCIATION. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU TO VOTE NO. 
          AND ITEMS NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER 20. 
          AND THE REASON I'M SAYING IS BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY, I KEEP HEARING THAT Y'ALL CAN'T VOTE. 
          WELL THEN ABSTAIN. 
          THIS IS GONNA PUT OUR MEN IN BLUE IN MORE DANGER THAN THEY ALREADY ARE. 
          AND AS CITIZENS, IT'S GONNA PUT US IN A VERY BAD POSITION TOO, WHERE THE 9 1 1 CALLS GO. 
          UM, WHEN OUR CHILDREN ARE PUT A DANGER, I SERIOUSLY ASK YOU TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, I'M GONNA CALL THIS DOCUMENT A SUSHI ROLE. 
          THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS PUT INTO THIS DOCUMENT AND TAXPAYERS AND CONSTITUENTS, WE WERE NOT PROPERLY INFORMED. 
          WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          I SURE WOULD'VE LIKED FOR THIS TO HAVE COME TO DISTRICT TWO FOR OUR COUNCILMAN TO BE AB TO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EXPLAINED TO US, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE SENIORS, WHAT ALL THESE ITEMS WERE BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY CONFUSING. 
          I EVEN LOOKED AT IT. 
          I'VE BEEN A COM, A COMMUNITY LEADER FOR 40 YEARS. 
          AND WHEN I SAW THIS DOCUMENT, I WAS ASHAMED OF IT BECAUSE IT, YOU DIDN'T COME TO US, YOU DIDN'T COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO TALK TO US, TO LET US KNOW WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT. 
          WE'RE GONNA AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT WE HAD A RIGHT TO KNOW. 
          WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          AND IF NOTHING, THE TAX, THE PEOPLE AT THE, AT THE BALLOT BOX WILL, WILL BE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE FINAL SAY SO. 
          BUT YOU AS CITY COUNCIL HERE TODAY, PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS. 
          WHAT IS THIS IS DOING IS LETTING OUR EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOSING GOOD POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE OF THIS. 
          AND IN THE LONG RUN, WHEN YOU PICK UP THAT PHONE CALL TO CALL YOUR SAFE OFFICERS AND THEY, AND, AND, UH, AND YOU WANT YOUR COMMUNITY SAFE, WHO ARE YOU GONNA TURN TO? GHOSTBUSTERS. 
          COME ON LADIES ADJUSTMENT. 
          WE GOT TO, WE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER AND WE CALL SAN ANTONIO UNITY. 
          THIS IS IN UNITY. 
          THIS IS DIVISION. 
          THIS IS PUTTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON ONE SIDE AND THE CRIMINALS ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          COME ON. 
          WE GOTTA COME TOGETHER. 
          WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS ISSUE ABOUT THE $750 ISSUE, IT WAS ALMOST SHOCKING THAT SOMEBODY CAN GO INTO A BUSINESS, HAVE A HAVE A NICE DINNER, TAKE SEVEN TO EIGHT, 10 PEOPLE IN THERE, AND THEN IF THEY DECIDE TO WALK OUT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY OR GET ARRESTED. 
          THIS IS NOT RIGHT. 
          OUR PANDEMIC WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND NOW DO THEY HAVE TO INDULGE US IF THIS PASSES? NO. 
          COME ON, MR. MAYOR, EVERY ONE OF YOU UP THERE, 
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YOU HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT US, THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. 
          I SAY TODAY, VOTE NO OR ABSTAIN. 
          THAT IS GONNA REALLY TELL US WHO YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. HILL. 
          ANDY MAYOR AGAIN. 
          UH, AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO INTERJECT. 
          UM, A NUMBER OF THE SPEAKERS ARE APPEALING TO THE COUNCIL, INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN TO CONSIDER THIS VOTE ON THE MERITS. 
          UM, UNDER STATE LAW, THE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NO DISCRETION. 
          THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE PETITION DOES NOT RELIEVE YOU OF YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PUT THE PETITION ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE THE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES WERE ACHIEVED. 
          UH, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR DELIBERATION ON THE MERITS FROM THIS COUNCIL. 
          AND AGAIN, THE VOTE IS FOLLOWS. 
          THE COUNCIL IS SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE MANDATE UNDER STATE LAW TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANKS ANDY. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE NOW WITH JASON SANCHEZ. 
          MR. SANCHEZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ROMAN PENA. 
          MY NAME IS JASON SANCHEZ. 
          I'M A HOMETOWN BOY, UH, MARRIED MY HIGH SCHOOL CRUSH. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE. 
          GIVE A SHORT TIME IN THE MILITARY. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 
          I'VE BEEN TO DIFFERENT CITIES. 
          I'VE BEEN TO DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS THE WORLD. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, IGNORING CRIME IS NOT A WAY TO PREVENT CRIME. 
          IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK. 
          SIDE BARRING CRIME, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT DOESN'T MATTER. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA HELP THE PEOPLE THAT VOTE, THE PEOPLE THAT COME OUT AND WORK THAT LIVE IN THE HOMETOWNS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE A MINISTERIAL DUTY. 
          CONSIDER THAT FACT. 
          IGNORING CRIME DOESN'T PREVENT TIME CRIME. 
          IT EMBOLDENS CRIMINAL TO DO MORE CRIME. 
          GOOD DAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ, ROMAN PENA, ROMAN PENA, BETTY ECKERT, MS. ECKERT, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY AARON AO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          WHAT A SAD DAY THAT WE ARE EVEN ADDRESSING THIS. 
          WHY DIDN'T THE NEIGHBORHOODS KNOW? WHY DIDN'T THE PEOPLE KNOW TODAY? WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING AND SHOWCASING OUR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS GET SO OUT OF HAND? BECAUSE THAT DID HAPPEN AND YOU WERE A PART OF IT. 
          AND WE KNOW HOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, AND I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS YOU AND I'M NOT GOING TO, BUT WE KNOW ON CITY COUNCIL ALREADY WHAT YOU THINK AND WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. 
          I KNOW I CAN'T ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND I CAN'T ADDRESS THE CITY MANAGER, BUT SAY, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. 
          YOU ARE THE LEADERS. 
          YOU'RE THE LEADER OF THIS GROUP, AND WE'RE EXPECTING YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. 
          I HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO LEARN ONE THING OUT OF THESE, OUT OF THIS. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT VOTING. 
          DON'T SAY YES TO EVERYTHING YOU SEE. 
          MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHEN THERE'S TERMINOLOGY ON THAT BALLOT THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          YOU DON'T VOTE YES JUST BECAUSE YOU WANNA BE A NICE PERSON. 
          JUST BECAUSE THAT IS A NORMAL ANSWER IS YES TO THINGS. 
          WE WANNA GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE, WE WANNA BE HAPPY. 
          BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY IS SAN ANTONIO, IS OUR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
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IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT. 
          THE NEXT DEPARTMENT IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD PEOPLE THINK WE NEED TO DO AWAY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN SOMEBODY IS SHOT EVERY NIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHETHER TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR NOT, WHETHER WE'LL BE SHOT. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ECKER. 
          YOU'RE SO WELCOME. 
          UH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BEN. 
          AARON, AG GOYO. 
          MR. ARGO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM JOHNSON. 
          MORNING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS AARON AR GOO AND I AM THE SAN ANTONIO ADVOCACY ORGANIZER AT MOVE TEXAS, WHICH IS A NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT RUN BY AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          UM, THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO, UH, YOUNG, MARGINALIZED PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY CURRENT POLICIES OF CRIMINALIZATION. 
          UH, SO THE JUSTICE CHARTER WAS CREATED WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF EMPOWERING THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED BY CURRENT POLICIES TO HAVE DECISION MAKING POWER REGARDING THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, UH, THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IS TOO LONG AND CUMBERSOME TO GET THROUGH, QUITE LITERALLY AT POINTS LISTING OUT SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, WHICH IN TURN REFERENCE OTHER SECTIONS AND CODES, UH, RESULTING IN A DENSE BLOCK OF TEXT WHERE A SHORT AND CONCISE BALLOT DESCRIPTION WOULD SUFFICE. 
          AND IN A HEAVILY SPANISH SPEAKING CITY ACCURATE TRANSLATION OF BALLOT MEASURES IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND CAN PROVE DIFFICULT, UH, WITH A COMPLEX LANGUAGE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING PRESENTED. 
          UH, SAN ANTONIO ALSO HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST LITERACY RATES IN THE NATION, WHICH MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE IS ACCESSIBLE TO VOTERS OF ALL RATING LEVELS. 
          UH, 38,000 SAN ANTONIO VOTERS SIGNED ON TO PUT THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT, UH, IN THE HOPE THAT THEY COULD SEE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT IS ACCESSIBLE ENOUGH FOR AS MANY VOTERS AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION COME MAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ARGO. 
          WILLIAM JOHNSON. 
          MR. JOHNSON, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DENISE GUTIERREZ. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING MAYOR FELLOW COUNCIL, UH, THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, UH, I GUESS I'M, I'M TAKING, UH, ISSUE WITH SOME OF MY FELLOW SENIORS. 
          UH, I'M 80, SO I THINK I QUALIFY AS A SENIOR. 
          HOWEVER, APPARENTLY I SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY. 
          THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, UH, FREEDOM AND JUSTICE. 
          AND TO ME, THIS, UH, JUSTICE CHARTER AMENDMENT, UH, TAKE SOME STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          UH, I HEAR THAT, UH, IT'S INCONSISTENT PORTIONS OF IT WITH STATE LAW. 
          WELL, UH, MY SIMPLE ANSWER IS SO WHAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO LEAD AND SAN ANTONIO'S THE KIND OF CITY THAT I APPLAUD FOR TAKING THE LEADERSHIP POSITION, UH, QUITE OFTEN, REALLY, WE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THAT TO DALLAS, AUSTIN, OR HOUSTON. 
          WE CAN DO THAT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SOMEBODY HAS TO BE FIRST. 
          SOMEBODY'S GOT TO LEAD THE WAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE SAN ANTONIO IS POSITIONING ITSELF TO DO EXACTLY THAT. 
          AND I'M HERE PARTIALLY FOR THAT REASON. 
          YES, I WORE THE UNIFORM AND I ENDED UP HERE, AND I'M NOT, I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE DONE SO. 
          UH, ALSO, THE, THE ISSUE OF, UH, THAT'S ON THE, UH, AMENDMENT. 
          UH, THE, UH, LET'S SEE, THAT ALLOWS THE POLICE TO, UH, UH, ENTERED THE HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES WITHOUT KNOCKING, I GUESS YOU CALL IT THE NO-KNOCK WARRANT. 
          TO ME, THAT'S A RIDICULOUS CONCEPT. 
          UH, IT'S REALLY HARMFUL TOWARD THE POLICE. 
          WE ALL APPRECIATE THE POLICE. 
          THIS IS NOT ANTI-POLICE. 
          UH, THAT'S A, UH, A MISNOMER TO BE LED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW ANTI-POLICE, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH IT. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DISAGREE WITH IT, BECAUSE THEIR PARTICULAR JOB, AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S TO SERVE AND PROTECT. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN SERVING AND PROTECTING, HOW WOULD YOU BE AGAINST, UH, THE, UH, CHARTER AMENDMENT? SO THAT'S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'LL BE SPENDING $1.8 MILLION 
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TO FIGHT THIS. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME THE MONEY COULD BE BETTER USED. 
          I MEAN, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THE MONEY. 
          THEY'RE STRONG UNION, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MONEY IS MISPLACED TO SPEND IT FIGHTING AGAINST JUSTICE, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE. 
          I'M DELIGHTED THAT SAN ANTONIONS, 38,000 OR SO DID SIGN UP IN GOOD FAITH TO GIVE THE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          THAT'S ALL IT IS. 
          I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE. 
          LET THE PEOPLE VOTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. 
          DENISE GUTIERREZ. 
          MS. GUTIERREZ, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY VENUS WOODWORTH. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          TODAY YOU WILL APPROVE THE CHARTER TO BE ON THE MAY BALLOT BY STATE LAW. 
          EVEN THOUGH THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL RULED YESTERDAY THAT THIS CHARTER WILL GO AGAINST STATE LAW AS FILED AS NUMBER 7 2 7 9 9 1 9 5, THESE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON INFUSE SA.ORG. 
          THE SAME STATE LAWS THAT WILL CAUSE OUR CITY TAXPAYERS TO FINANCE COSTLY COURT CASES, HIRE MORE COSTLY ATTORNEYS TO FIGHT THE STATE ONLY TO LOSE AGAIN, LIKE OUR CITY HAS BEFORE FOR ITS FAILURES, NOT FOLLOWING STATE LAW AND THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. 
          OUR OWN CITY ATTORNEY HAS FINALLY SHARED THE LEGALITIES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE'S NOT HERE OF THIS CHARTER VOTE. 
          ANNIE SEGOVIA MADE HIS PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE CHARTER YET HIS OPENING STATEMENT TODAY IS INACCURATE. 
          THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CANNOT TAKE A SITE ON THIS CHARTER. 
          WELL, THAT IS FALSE. 
          WE DO HAVE SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE PUBLICLY APPROVED THIS JUSTICE CHARTER RIGHT OUTSIDE THESE CITY HALL DOORS. 
          THE JUSTICE CHARTER WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC, PUSHING THE TOP TWO HEADLINERS, LEGAL ABORTION, AND MARIJUANA, BUT NOT WITH THE REALITY OF THE ADDITIONAL LAWLESSNESS AND MISDEMEANORS THAT WILL IMPACT OUR CITY. 
          THIS IS NOT A JUSTICE CHARTER, BUT JUST INVITE CRIME EVERYWHERE. 
          CHARTER INVITE, INVITE TO ROB EROS, STREET VENDORS, BEAUTY SALONS, CAR BREAK-INS AND MORE. 
          THIS WILL HAPPEN EVERYWHERE IN EVERY PART OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE A TOURIST CITY, AND THIS WILL HURT OUR INDUSTRY TREMENDOUSLY. 
          WE SEE THAT HAPPENING THIS EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT WE HAVE CRIME HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THERE WILL BE NO NEED TO CALL 9 1 1. 
          OUR CRIMES WON'T BE WORTHY TO CALL 9 1 1, NOR THE POLICE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US IN ANY WAY. 
          SAN ANTONIO MIGHT BE THE LARGEST CITY IN BEXAR COUNTY, BUT OUR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS ACTION. 
          AND THIS VOTE IN MAY, SAN ANTONIO WILL NO LONGER BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, WILL BE CONSIDERED THE THUG. 
          THERE ARE NO BORDERS AROUND OUR MUNICIPALITIES. 
          BULLETS JUST DON'T STOP. 
          IN SAN ANTONIO, THEY FLY ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES. 
          SAN ANTONIO HAS BROKEN CRIME RECORDS IN EVERY DISTRICT, AND THIS WILL PUT SAN ANTONIO ON THE TOP OF THE LIST. 
          NATIONWIDE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO DOWN AS A COUNCIL THAT BROKE SAN ANTONIO EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GUTIERREZ, VENUS WOODWORTH. 
          MS. WOODWORTH, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SANDRA CROCKER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          UM, UH, MY NAME IS MUNI WOODWORTH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. 
          I WANNA YIELD MY TIME TO LIESL OST. 
          YOUR NAME IS LIESL OST. 
          L I S L O SS T. 
          OKAY. 
          MS. OST, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY YOU OR VENUS WOODWORTH. 
          THAT SEATED DESIGN. 
          THAT WAS VENUS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SANDRA CROCKER. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO, COUNSEL AND MAYOR. 
          UH, MY NAME IS LIESEL OST. 
          I'M A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          UH, 38,000 PEOPLE WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY SIGNED THIS PETITION AND 23,000 SAN ANTONIO VOTERS SIGNED THIS PETITION ALL WITH THE TENANTS, UH, KNOWING THAT IT WAS ONE BALLOT PER PROPOSAL. 
          AS A HOME RULE, CITY SAN ANTONIO CITIZENS, CITIZENS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIRECT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ON HOW THEY FULFILL THEIR DUTIES AND HOW OUR SCARCE PUBLIC RESOURCES ARE USED. 
          SAN ANTONIANS HAVE COME OUT TODAY TO SHOW YOU OUR REPRESENTATIVES, HOW WE WANT THE BALLOT PRESENTED AND WHY IT IS NECESSARY FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS JUSTICE CHARTER IS SAN ANTONIO TAKING THEIR SAFETY INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. 
          NOT ONLY HAVE WE SEEN IN THE RECENT SHOOTING OF ERIC CONTU AT THE HANDS OF S A P D, BUT IN THE STATEWIDE BAN OF ABORTION THAT THREATENS ANY WOMAN IN THE CITY WHO HAPPENS TO BECOME PREGNANT. 
          SAN ANTONIANS ARE AT A POINT WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS INTO THEIR, THEIR OWN HANDS. 
          IT IS UNCLEAR, UM, THAT THIS POLICY IS NOT UNENFORCEABLE. 
          WE ARE EXERCISING OUR RIGHT AS A HOME RULE CITY AND AS A PEOPLE WHO CAN LEGISLATE THEMSELVES, UM, NOTHING LIKE THIS CHARTER 
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HAS BEEN SEEN BEFORE. 
          AND FRANKLY, SHAME ON THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, FOR USING HIS POSITION TO DO DIRECT ADVOCACY AGAINST THE CHARTER. 
          UM, AS THE SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHARTER WILL BE SETTING PRECEDENCE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS A BALLOT MEASURE, UH, THE ONLY JOB OF THE ATTORNEY OR COUNSEL SHOULD THIS PASS IS TO FIGHT TO BACK UP THEIR VOTERS TO ANY OPPOSITION. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TODAY TO POINT OUT THE BULKY AND BURDEN BURDENSOME WORDING OF THE PROPOSED BALLOT LANGUAGE REGARDING THE SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHARTER AND ASK THAT THEY ADJUST THE FOLLOWING. 
          UM, THE STATE OBVIOUSLY DOES ALLOW, UH, FOR SHORT AND CONCISE BALLOT DESCRIPTION, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IN AN EFFORT TO RELATE GOVERNMENTAL LANGUAGE TO THE AVERAGE CONSTITUENT OF SAN ANTONIO, AN EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO REDUCE THE DESCRIPTION OF SITE AND RELEASE MISDEMEANORS AS CURRENTLY OUTLINED IN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE. 
          UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE AND RELEASE POLICY, HAVING RUN A, A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH IT. 
          UM, AND THE MISDEMEANOR EXPANSION IS UNNECESSARY. 
          I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE ROLE OF JUSTICE CHARTER CAN BE MORE SWIFTLY DESCRIBED IN BALLOT LANGUAGE. 
          UM, IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO WHERE THEY ARE, THE COUNCIL SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THE BURDEN TO ACCURATELY TRANSLATE THE POLICY INTO SPANISH OR OTHER LANGUAGES, UM, FOR LANGUAGE MINORITY VOTERS. 
          I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL IS PROUD OF SAN ANTONIO'S DIVERSE HERITAGE AND IS WILLING TO GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO REPRESENT THOSE PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND ULTIMATELY, UH, AS SUCH, I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL FACTOR IN THE CARE THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE TRANSLATION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE MINORITY COMMUNITY PER THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
          FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, THE SAN ANTONIO LANG JUSTICE CHARTER LANGUAGE SHOULD REMAIN INTACT AS ONE BALLOT, UH, AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND BE SIMPLIFIED IN A MORE SHORT AND CONCISE MANNER FOR BALLOT DESCRIPTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MS. OST, SANDRA CROCKER, SANDRA CROCKER, MS. CROCKER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY FERNANDO AGUILAR. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE. 
          THE SO-CALLED JUSTICE CHARTER IS NOT ABOUT ACCESS TO ABORTION. 
          NO-KNOCK WARRANTS OR DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA. 
          IT'S A RED HERRING FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW LEVEL OF BUREAUCRACY. 
          IT'S A RED HERRING FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S A RED HERRING FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW JUSTICE CZAR WHO WILL TIE THE HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DECIDE AT HIS OR HER WHIM, WHICH LAWS WILL OR WILL NOT BE ENFORCED. 
          IT MAY SEDUCE OTHERWISE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS TO PARTAKE IN SUCH CRIMINALITY BECAUSE AFTER ALL, THEY WON'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR IT. 
          THIS IS INDEED A A SAD DAY FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, CRIME IS UP EXPONENTIALLY. 
          MAYOR NUREMBERG, YOU'VE RUINED THE CITY. 
          YOU WERE HANDED CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON A SILVER PLATTER, AND YOU'VE RUINED IT ECONOMICALLY. 
          IT'S UNSAFE. 
          I WAS ON THE STREETS YESTERDAY AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF CRIMINALITY I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, EVER PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN COMING TO SOUTH TEXAS TO PARTAKE IN THE TRANSPORT OF, OF, OF IMMIGRANTS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM THE BORDER. 
          SO I, I IMPLORE YOU TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE. 
          DO NOT VOTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. CROCKER. 
          FERNANDO AGUILAR. 
          MR. AGUILAR, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PATRICK VANDAL. 
          EVERYONE, UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME. 
          MY NAME'S FERNANDO AGUILAR. 
          I AM A SAN ANTONIO NATIVE AND ONE OF THE MANY WAR VETERANS THAT LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE SPENT MOST OF MY TIME AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. 
          I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME I'VE SPENT IN SERVING MY COMMUNITY. 
          MOST OF MY WORK HAS BEEN AN INCREASING, UH, CIVIC PARTICIPATION AMONG SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          THE PROTECTION OFFERED BY THE SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHARTER INITIATIVE WOULD HELP PROTECT VETERANS WHO ARE CURRENTLY, UH, WHO CURRENTLY USE CANNABIS AS A FORM OF MEDICATION FOR P T S D. 
          THE OPIOID CRISIS HIT THE VETERAN COMMUNITY MUCH WORSE THAN YOUR AVERAGE CITIZEN. 
          OVERDOSE RATES AMONG VETERANS ARE SKYROCKETING NATIONWIDE AND ARE FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN YOUR AVERAGE CITIZEN. 
          UH, WITH VERY LITTLE ALTERNATIVES. 
          UH, MANY VETERANS USE CANNABIS AS A FORM OF SELF-MEDICATION, UM, AS WELL AS THE, IN REGARDS TO THE LANGUAGE IN OUR, UH, UH, JUSTICE CHARTER. 
          AS A PROUD SON OF A MEXICAN IMMIGRANT, I CAN AT ATTRIBUTE TO THE LITERACY DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE LANGUAGE ON OUR MAY BALLOT HAS BEEN ALTERED TO THE DEGREE IN WHICH MANY SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY ARE VOTING ON. 
          THE BALLOT MEASURE IN MAY SHOULD RESEMBLE THE SAME LANGUAGE USED IN ACQUIRING THE 20,000 SIGNATURES OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          ALTERING 
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THE LANGUAGE OF THE SAN ANTONIO JUSTICE CHARTER WILL BE AN ATTACK ON OUR ABILITY TO EXERCISE DIRECT DEMOCRACY. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ME AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. AGUILAR. 
          MR. AGUILAR, PATRICK VON DOLAN. 
          I'LL PATRICK VON DOLAN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DEANNA FLORE. 
          REGAS. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF YOU PUT THAT ON THERE, PLEASE. 
          MY NAME IS PATRICK VON DOLAN, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE, REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO FAMILY ASSOCIATION. 
          THE MARRIAGE OF THIS CASE ARE REPREHENSIBLE, AND WHILE WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS THEM UNDER GUIDANCE BY YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, WE DO NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A SINGLE ISSUE. 
          IF YOU'LL SCROLL UP THERE, THE SINGLE ISSUE INVOLVES SIX SEPARATE ISSUES FROM THEFT, THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF THEFT, GRAFFITI ABORTION, CRE, CREATION OF CRIME DISTRICTS ALLOWING FOR FALSE IDENTIFICATION. 
          IF YOU'LL TAKE THIS, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE IS VERY CLEAR IN SECTION 9.004. 
          CHARTER MEMBERS, YOU'LL SCROLL UP THERE, NUMBER D, AN AMENDMENT MAY NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN ONE SUBJECT. 
          TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT, IT HAS TO SATISFY ALL OF THE STATE REQUIREMENTS. 
          IT CANNOT JUST SATISFY THE ONES YOU WANNA LOOK AT. 
          THAT'S CALLED FAVORITISM. 
          THE LAW IS GIVEN IN TOTAL, YOU HAVE TO, IT HAS TO BE COMPLYING IN TOTAL. 
          OTHERWISE, YOU'LL BE COMPLYING WITH CRIMINALS IF YOU WOULD. 
          THIS IS A LETTER FROM KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL IN REGARDS TO A LAWSUIT THAT YOU'VE BEEN SERVED WITH BY TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE, AN ASSOCIATE ORGANIZATION OF OURS. 
          YOU'LL SCROLL UP THAT WE WORK WITH A LOT AND KEEP GOING. 
          IF YOU'LL FLIP THE PAGE, ACTUALLY, IT SAYS CLEARLY THAT YOU WILL HAVE A CLEAR ABUSE OF DISCRETION IF YOU PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT. 
          YOU CAN SEE IN INTERPRETING THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, IT'S ALMOST IDENTITY WORDED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE UNITY SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS TO PREVENT LOG ROLLING. 
          THIS IS LOG ROLLING. 
          THAT'S THE TERM WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING ALL THESE TERMS TOGETHER. 
          FOUR OF YOU, AT LEAST THE MAYOR, DISTRICT 10, DISTRICT NINE, DISTRICT EIGHT, HAVE ALL VOTED IN AUGUST OF 2018. 
          ON ANOTHER BALLOT MEASURE, A PETITION BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOPS TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT WITH MANY MORE SIGNATURES THAN WHAT CAME IN WITH THE SO-CALLED JUSTICE POLICY. 
          IN AUGUST, 2018, YOU DECIDED TO PUT IT ON TO NOT ONLY NOT PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, YOU DECIDED TO TAKE MATTERS IN YOUR OWN HANDS BECAUSE YOU CAN CONTROL THE LANGUAGE AND YOU VOTED FOR THE PAID SICK LEAVE, MANDATING PAID SICK LEAVE TO PRIVATE BUSINESSES. 
          ANOTHER ATTACK ON PRIVATE BUSINESSES WOULD BE AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. 
          NOTABLY CLAYTON PERRY DID NOT VOTE FOR IT, BUT SAID, THERE'S TOO MUCH UNKNOWN ABOUT THIS. 
          THE OTHER THREE OF YOU, DISTRICT EIGHT, DISTRICT NINE, AND MAYOR, YOU VOTED FOR THIS. 
          YOU TOOK MATTERS IN YOUR OWN HANDS. 
          DISTRICT ONE, TWO, AND FIVE HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION ACCORDING TO SAPO PRESIDENT DANNY DIAZ. 
          YOU'RE ALREADY IN FAVOR, SO WHY NOT TAKE A STAND, DO WHAT YOU DID THEN AND VOTE ON IT NOW. 
          PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA NOW BY A MOTION, AND PASS IT AS IT IS, BECAUSE THAT'LL TAKE A STAND WHERE YOU ARE. 
          IT'LL TELL THE PEOPLE WHERE YOU STAND. 
          I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO IF YOU PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK MR. ANDY. 
          IS THIS A GOOD SEGUE TO REMIND US AGAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY AND MAYBE HOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE? UH, YES, MAYOR, I WANNA MAKE SURE I ADDRESS EVERY, UH, POSSIBLE, UH, NUANCE AND, AND, UH, AND ELEMENT HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COUNCIL IS DOING. 
          AGAIN, THE ACTION BEING TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING IS SIMPLY TO ORDER THE ELECTION ON THE PETITION. 
          IF WHEN THE COUNCIL DOES THAT, THE PETITION WILL NOT GO INTO PLACE. 
          IT'LL BE, AGAIN, IT'LL BE UP TO THE VOTERS IN THE MAY ELECTION. 
          SO AGAIN, THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ARGUING ON THE MERITS FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THE MERITS IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. 
          WE ARE MANDATED BY STATE LAW TO PUT THE PETITION ON THE BALLOT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE NOW WITH DEANNA FLORES ORGA AND MS. OR IGAS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA RAMIREZ. 
          HELLO, MAYOR. 
          UH, CITY, CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, HAPPY BELATED VALENTINE'S DAY. 
          HOPE Y'ALL HAD A GOOD ONE. 
          I, I WANNA, UH, SAY, UH, TO PLEASE 
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SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU, YOU WANNA ANOTHER TERM, SIR, FOUR YEARS. 
          IT'S GREAT, BUT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. 
          Y'ALL HAVE YOUR WIVES, YOU HAVE NIECES, YOU HAVE, UH, SISTER-IN-LAWS. 
          YOU KNOW YOU HAVE WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE. 
          THINK ABOUT THEM. 
          LET US, UH, BE ABLE TO CONTROL OUR BODIES. 
          PLEASE. 
          WE WOMEN HERE, COUNCIL, WOMEN, YOU KNOW, YOU TOO SHOULD HAVE, HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SAY WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH YOUR BODY, YOUR CHILDREN. 
          WE HAD CHILDREN HERE TOO. 
          PRESENT. 
          WE DON'T WANT THE KO O PLEASE. 
          THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A BULLYING. 
          YEAH, THEY'RE CRIMINALS. 
          BUT CAN YOU FIND ANOTHER DIFFERENT WAY INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE CHOKE HOLD THAT NO KNOCKING IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHO'S GONNA PAY YOU BREAK IN THE DOOR. 
          WE ARE TAXPAYERS, HOMEOWNERS. 
          YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE, THE VOTERS. 
          PLEASE. 
          SIR, WE WANNA VOTE YOU IN ONLY IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, PLEASE LISTEN TO US AND SUPPORT THIS COUNCILMEN COUNCILWOMEN. 
          LISTEN TO YOUR, YOUR PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU MS. REGAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICTORIA RAMIREZ. 
          MS. RAMIREZ, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY PEREZ. 
          UH, I'M BRETT ALL. 
          I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AS WELL AND I CED MY TIME TO, TO RAMIREZ. 
          COULD YOU RESTATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? BRETT. 
          ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE MR. RAMIREZ? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          AWESOME. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. 
          UM, ON BEHALF OF THE PARTY OF SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION SAN ANTONIO, WE DEMAND THAT CITY COUNCIL MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE JUSTICE CHARTER AMENDMENT. 
          WE ALSO DEMAND THAT THE BALLOT SUMMARY BE WRITTEN IN CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE. 
          38,000 SIGNATURES WERE COLLECTED BY THE SA JUSTICE CHARTER COALITION. 
          38,000 PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO WANT TO VOTE ON THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF ABORTION AND MARIJUANA, THE BANNING OF NO-KNOCK WARRANTS AND CHOKE HOLDS, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM FOR LOW LEVEL OFFENSES. 
          THIS NUMBER IS REPRESENTATIVE OF TEXANS AT LARGE. 
          AS 78% OF TEXANS ARE AGAINST OUR STATE'S ABORTION BAN, 67% SUPPORT THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA. 
          AND APPROXIMATELY 60% OF TEXANS BELIEVE POLICE CHOKE COLDS SHOULD BE BANNED WHILE THE JUSTICE CHARTER DOES NOT. 
          AS THE CITY, UM, ATTORNEY MISQUOTED IN HIS MEMO, IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME THAT 67% OF TEXANS THAT SUPPORT LEGALIZATION ALSO BACK DECRIMINALIZATION. 
          OUR POINT IS THESE ARE POPULAR REFORMS BOTH IN OUR CITY AND OUR STATE, AND THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO THEMSELVES HAVE BROUGHT THESE REFORMS TO THE BALLOT . 
          WHILE THESE REFORMS TOUCH ON DIFFERENT POINTS OF OPPRESSION IN SAN ANTONIO, IT FOCUSES ON ONE ISSUE, THE POLICE. 
          IT MAKES SENSE THAT POLICE REFORM IS WHAT BRINGS THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          TOGETHER WE HAVE SEEN YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ERIC CANTU BE PERMANENTLY INJURED BY SS A P D. 
          WE HAVE SEEN CHILDREN LIKE AJ HERNANDEZ BE MURDERED BY SS A P D. 
          WE HAVE SEEN TRANS PEOPLE LIKE JOAN SIMONELLI BE ABUSED BY SSS A P D. 
          AND WE HAVE SEEN BLACK MEN MURDERED LIKE MARQUIS JONES, CHARLES ROUNDTREE, KEVIN JOHNSON, AND TOO MANY MORE 
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BY S A P D SAN ANTONIONS DO NOT NEED OR WANT CITY SPONSORED TERROR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PEOPLE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST THAT TERROR. 
          WHEN WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS IN THE FACE OF AN ONSLAUGHT AND IN UNDEMOCRATIC, TRANSPHOBIC AND MISOGYNISTIC LEGISLATION IS AN INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE DEMOCRACY. 
          A TRUE DEMOCRACY. 
          IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPERATIVE FOR SAN ANTONIO TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRACY AND A STATE WITH RESTRICTIVE AND RACIST VOTER LAWS. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS MULTIPLE FEDERAL LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST IT BECAUSE OF THESE VERY LAWS. 
          THIS IS NOT UNKNOWN TO OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. 
          AS MAYOR RON NURENBERG SIGNED ONTO A LETTER URGING CONGRESS TO PASS A VOTING RIGHTS BILL IN RESPONSE TO TEXAS SENATE BILL ONE, THE BILL THAT IS THE ROOT OF ALL OF THESE LAWSUITS. 
          WE LIVE NOT JUST IN A STATE WHERE OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, BUT A NATION. 
          THIS PAST DECEMBER, THE SUPREME COURT HEARD ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR MOORE V HARPER, A CASE THAT OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE STATE LEGISLATOR TO THROW OUT OUR VOTES ON A WHIM WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS RIGHT TO VOTE UNDER INTA UNDER ATTACK, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE JUSTICE CHARTER BE ON THE BALLOT WITH ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. 
          THIS UPCOMING MAY AS IT NOT ONLY REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE'S NEEDS, BUT THE RIGHT TO A TRUE DEMOCRACY. 
          WE WANT TO STRESS THAT THE JUSTICE CHARTER CANNOT HAVE LANGUAGE ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY FROM IT. 
          WHEN IT IS ON THE BALLOT, IT NEEDS TO BE EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCESSIBLE. 
          THE WAY THAT SA JUSTICE CHARTER PETITIONERS DESCRIBED IT TO THE PEOPLE FREE OF LEGALESE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          THERE HAS BEEN NO PRECEDENT THAT THIS, THAT THIS IS UNENFORCEABLE BECAUSE NOTHING, THIS REVOLUTIONARY HAS BEEN PASSED IN TEXAS. 
          THERE IS NO COURT CASE CHALLENGING THIS. 
          THE CITY ATTORNEY KNEW HE WAS ADVOCATING AGAINST IT WHEN HE GAVE HIS COMMENTS LAST WEEK. 
          THE PEOPLE HAVE MOBILIZED BECAUSE THEY WANT THESE REFORMS. WE SEE THEM IN THE STREETS PROTESTING POLICE BRUTALITY AND ABORTION BANS. 
          WE SEE THEM SIGNING THESE PETITIONS AND VOLUNTEERING TO PETITION. 
          WE SEE THEM IN THIS ROOM TO DEMAND THE JUSTICE CHARTER BE PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR THEM TO VOTE ON WITH NO CHANGES TO ITS LANGUAGE. 
          DR. 
          CORNELL WEST WAS HERE LAST MONTH SPEAKING AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE FOR DREAM WEEK. 
          HE MENTIONED HOW RON NURENBERG AND LOCAL SAN ANTONIO POLITICIANS ARE PROGRESSIVE AND FIGHTING THE GOOD TIME, FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT. 
          THIS IS THE TIME TO LIVE UP TO THAT COMPLIMENT BECAUSE YOU CANNOT FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT WHILE SUPPRESSING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU MR. RAMIREZ. 
          JOHNNY PEREZ. 
          MR. PEREZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY SOSA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. PEREZ. 
          ASHLEY SOSA. 
          ASHLEY SOSA. 
          KELLY GONZALEZ. 
          WHERE, WHO ARE YOU MA'AM? ASHLEY SOSA. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD, MS. SOSA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY KELLY GONZALEZ. 
          MY NAME IS ASHLEY SOSA AND COULD, SHE'S GOING TO YIELD HER TIME TO ME, BUT WE HAD A MIX UP AND I WAS JUST ACTUALLY OUT WITH, UM, ONE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS. 
          WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MA'AM? AMY O'DONNELL AND I SIGNED UP WHO ARE YOU SEATING YOUR TIME TO? MS. SOSA. 
          ONLINE. 
          TO AMY O'DONNELL. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          WELL, MS WELL YOU'RE NOT SIGNED UP. 
          ISSUE IS I SIGNED UP ONLINE AND IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH, SO I WAS JUST OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND THEY'RE MAKING PHONE CALLS. 
          I CAN ONLY CALL FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNED UP ON THE LIST. 
          OKAY, MS. O'DONNELL. 
          SO, OKAY, SO SHE TOLD ME I JUST HAD TO ASK YOU AND IT WAS UP TO YOUR DISCUSSION. 
          I CAN ONLY CALL FOLKS THAT ARE SIGNED UP ON THE LIST. 
          SO I'VE GOT MY LIST HERE. 
          HAVE HER READ MY TESTIMONY THEN THAT'S FINE. 
          IF SHE, SHE'S WELCOME TO READ YOUR TESTIMONY WITH HER MINUTES IF SHE'D LIKE TO. 
          SO, MS. SOSA, IF, IF NOBODY'S SEATING, IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR TIME, MS. SOSA, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          WELL, HER NAME IS AMY O'DONNELL AND I AM ASHLEY SOSA. 
          WE ARE SPEAKING AGAINST THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO DE DECRIMINALIZE TEXAS ABORTION LAWS REGARDING OF WHETHER IT IS SEPARATE OR TOGETHER WITH OTHER FIVE AMENDMENTS. 
          THE AMENDMENT DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE REAL NEEDS OF PREGNANT WOMEN, INCLUDING OFFERING ALTERNATIVES TO ABORTION SUCH, SUCH AS PREGNANCY ASSISTANCE AND HEALTHCARE. 
          THROUGH THE MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR FAMILIES, MOMS AND BABIES IN SAN ANTONIO? IF THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT LANGUAGE IS PASSED, THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT AIMS TO PREVENT SAN ANTONIO POLICE FROM INVESTIGATING AND ARRESTING CONSENSUAL ABORTIONS IN VIOLATION OF TEXAS LAW, EVEN SECRET ABORTIONS AND MINOR GIRLS, 17 YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER ABORTIONS TO COVER UP PREGNANCIES FROM INCEST, LATE ABORTIONS EVEN IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER, DANGEROUS ILLEGAL BACK ALLEY ABORTIONS PERFORMED BY NON-MEDICAL ABORTIONISTS WITHOUT MEDICAL TRAINING ABORTIONS 
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USING, USED BY PIMPS AND SEX TRAFFICKERS TO ELIMINATE PROBLEM PREGNANCIES. 
          IT ENCOURAGES THE TRAFFICKING OF DANGEROUS ABORTION INDUCING DRUGS THAT PUT DESPERATE WOMEN'S HEALTH, FERTILITY AND LIVES AT RISK THROUGH INFECTION, INCLUDING SEPSIS FROM INCOMPLETE ABORTIONS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH A LONG PRE IN PREGNANCY LOSS OF FUTURE FERTILITY FROM THE UNTREATED RH FACTOR AND RISK OF DEATH FROM AN UNDIAGNOSED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. 
          IT PREVENTS THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS FROM UPHOLDING THEIR SWORN DUTY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND ENFORCE THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          IN 2021, THE LEGISLATOR PASSED THE HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION ACT, H L P A TO PROTECT MOTHERS AND UNBORN BABIES FROM THE ABORTION, WITH AN EXCEPTION TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER, WOMEN CANNOT BE PROSECUTED. 
          THIS CHARTER AMENDMENT IS, IS UNFORTUNATE ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT STATE LAWS BY DEPRIORITIZING THEIR ENFORCEMENT TO DEFINE WHAT IS JUST AND RIGHT BASED ON WHAT THE ACTING GROUPS TAKING UP THE PETITION DEEMED VALUABLE. 
          RATHER, WHAT VOTERS ACROSS TEXAS HAVE VOICED THROUGH ELECTIONS, LEANING TO THE VERY LAWS THEY SEEK TO DEEN ENFORCE AND TO DEPRIVE THE MOST VULNERABLE TEXANS AMONG US, THOSE IN THE WOMB, FROM HAVING AN IPOR OPPORTUNITY TO BE BIRTHED AND CARED FOR WITH THE VAST RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP MOMS FACING UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES FOR FROM BEING PLACED IN A LOVING HOME FOR ADOPTION, WE STAND OPPOSED OF THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. SOSA KELLY GONZALEZ. 
          MS. GONZALEZ, YOU BE FOLLOWED BY MOHAMMED RAUL. 
          HELLO. 
          GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, MY NAME IS KELLYANN GONZALEZ. 
          I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE WANTED TO COME DOWN HERE AND SPEAK BEFORE Y'ALL, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I FIND MYSELF BETWEEN JOBS AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND SPEAK BEFORE Y'ALL. 
          UM, I AM ALSO A PROUD PRECINCT CHAIR OF THE BEX COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND A MEMBER OF THE BEXAR COUNTY YOUNG DEMOCRATS. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE FOR YOUR TIME, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE ALSO HAD TO BE HERE FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS. 
          UM, IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO THROUGH. 
          UM, AS WE HAVE HEARD PLENTY OF TIMES, THERE IS NO, THE ONLY CHOICE HERE IS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION AND THE PEOPLE WANT THIS. 
          UM, AS SOMEBODY THAT HAS ALSO MYSELF HELPED COLLECT 500 OF THE SIGNATURES THAT ARE PART OF THE 38,000, I CAN TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE OVERWHELMINGLY WANT THIS. 
          UM, AND I ALSO HAVE TO BRING UP THE QUESTION. 
          IF SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN ARE SO SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY WILL STRIKE THIS DOWN, THEN WHY DO YOU NOT WANT THE PEOPLE TO VOTE? UM, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR VOICE BE HEARD AND LET THEM DECIDE THESE MATTERS, UM, AS IT IS OUR RIGHT TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. SOSA. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. GONZALEZ. 
          MOHAMED RASUL, FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH POE. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, IT'S WITH OPTIMISM THAT I STAND HERE TODAY. 
          OPTIMISM BECAUSE I AM LIKE MANY OF Y'ALL A MAN OF FAITH. 
          UM, NOT BECAUSE MY NAME TRANSLATES TO THE ONE AND ONLY PROPHET. 
          MY DAD HAD VERY HIGH HOPES FOR ME. 
          UM, BUT MOSTLY BECAUSE WITHOUT FAITH, ALL MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TODAY WOULD'VE BEEN WHITE LAND OWNING MEN, RIGHT? WITHOUT FAITH, WE WOULD NOT HAVE ELECTED THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN OFFICE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WITHOUT FAITH, DEMOCRACY WOULD BE FUTILE BECAUSE WE WOULD, COULD HAVE NO TRUST IN EACH OTHER. 
          MOSTLY I'M A MAN OF FAITH BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, I CANNOT LOOK IN THE EYES OF MY CHILDREN AND KNOW THEY'LL LIVE A BETTER LIFE THAN ME. 
          AND THIS CHARTER IS AN ACT OF FAITH ON A PART OF OVER 20,000 REGISTERED VOTERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S AN ACT OF FAITH THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE AUTONOMY OVER THEIR BODIES. 
          IT'S AN ACT OF FAITH THAT WE CAN UNDO THE HARM OF THE FALSE NARRATIVE. 
          THAT MARIJUANA IS DANGEROUS WHILE LEGAL ALCOHOL COSTS LIVES ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THAT MORE PEOPLE DIE WHILE FISHING THAN DO FROM MARIJUANA YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          THIS CHARTERS AN ACT OF FAITH THAT CHOKE HOLDS AND NO-KNOCK WARRANTS ARE NOT MAKING OUR CITY SAFER. 
          IT'S AN ACT OF FAITH THAT HAVING A JUSTICE DIRECTOR OVERSEE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WILL PROVIDE US GUIDANCE TO STOP DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. 
          I'M A MAN OF FAITH BECAUSE I'VE KNOCKED ON THOUSANDS OF DOORS ACROSS THE CITY TO ASK RESIDENTS WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND WHAT THEY WANT. 
          AND THIS CHARTER ALIGNS 
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SQUARELY WITH WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME AT THE DOOR. 
          I ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL ALSO ACTS IN GOOD FAITH TO SUPPORT THE WILL OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS WHO WANT THEIR VOICES HEARD. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO STAND STRONG AGAINST THE FRIVOLOUS CHALLENGES FROM MEMBERS OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE A TREMENDOUS RECORD OF LOSING LAWSUITS. 
          I KNOW THAT YOUR JOB IS TOUGH. 
          MAKING THE RIGHT MORAL DECISION IS THE EASY PART. 
          WE KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT, WE KNOW WHAT'S WRONG, BUT ALIGNING THAT WITH WHAT'S POLITICALLY GOOD FOR OUR FUTURES IS OFTEN DIFFICULT, RIGHT? I KNOW THE THINGS YOU WANNA SAY THAT YOU CAN'T SAY. 
          WHILE YOU'RE FACING THAT INNER CHALLENGE, I URGE YOU TO FIGHT THOSE DEMONS WITHIN YOU, THE DEMONS THAT TELL YOU TO DO WHAT IS SAFE FOR YOUR POLITICAL FUTURE. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR THE WILL OF YOUR VOTERS, WHY ARE YOU HERE? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. RASUL. 
          DEBORAH PONSE. 
          UM, HI. 
          IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE SPOKEN TO UH, CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT'S NICE TO HAVE AN OPEN CITY AGAIN. 
          UM, SO HELLO TO A LOT OF FRIENDLY FACES HERE. 
          UM, I'M HERE SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE FOR ME, THANK YOU . 
          THIS ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE CHARTER FOR ME. 
          WHAT IT IS ABOUT IT IS THAT WE GIVE THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE. 
          I KNOW YOU CAN'T MAKE A DECISION, IT'S GONNA GO ON THE BALLOT AND EVERYTHING, BUT IF WE DO PASS IT THROUGH, I'M ASKING AND CHALLENGING ALL OF YOU TO ALLOW THE VOTE TO BE ENACTED. 
          WHATEVER THAT IS. 
          IF IT PASSES, LET IT PASS. 
          AND IF IT FAILS, LET IT FAIL. 
          I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY CHARTERS PASS OR PASS THE CITY AND THEN UNSCRUPULOUS THINGS ARE ARE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT KEEP IT FROM STARTING, YOU KNOW, THE DAY BEFORE IT'S SUPPOSED TO START. 
          MY HEART'S BEEN BROKEN MANY TIMES SEEING THAT HAPPEN HERE. 
          AND YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW OUR CITY CITIZENS TO VOTE ON THIS AND THEY ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THE ONES THAT PUT YOU IN OFFICE, THEN WE HAVE TO LISTEN. 
          I WAS VERY DISTURBED LISTENING AND READING ALL THESE ARTICLES MOST RECENTLY ABOUT OUR CHARTER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PAST. 
          YOU KNOW, MR. UM, SEGOVIA HAS STARTED THIS FIGHT ALREADY BETWEEN POLICE AND THE CITIZENS. 
          AND TO ME THAT'S TERRIBLE BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE. 
          UM, WELL, I MEAN THERE'S ENOUGH SEPARATION IN THE US ALREADY AND IN OUR CITY AND THE POLICE ARE TRYING TO SERVE AND PROTECT US. 
          THEY SHOULDN'T BE BATTLING AGAINST THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          UM, SERVE AND PROTECT, RIGHT? AND WE SHOULD BE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS. 
          IT SHOULDN'T COME FROM THE CITY, THE DIVISIVENESS AND THE START OF THE FIGHT. 
          AND SO I HOPE THAT IT STOPS. 
          I MEAN, IT REALLY NEEDS TO STOP, YOU KNOW, SITE AND RELEASE. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS TRYING TO COME AND GET SITE AND RELEASE PASSED AND WE HAVE SO MANY ATTORNEYS THAT DISAGREE THAT IT'S AGAINST THE CHARTER. 
          YOU HAVE ONE ATTORNEY'S VOICE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          HE'S AMAZING ATTORNEY, BUT THERE'S OTHER ATTORNEYS OUT THERE THAT COMPLETELY DISAGREE. 
          AND SO FOR JUSTICE AND FOR POLICING RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ISN'T WORKING. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT MY MESSAGE IS TODAY. 
          PLEASE LISTEN TO THE VOTERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. POE. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FOUR AND 20. 
          UH, WE HAVE HEARD THE PRESENTATION, UH, FROM THE CITY CLERK ON THE UPDATE ON THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          UH, ANDY WOULD YOU SUMMARIZE AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ONE LAST TIME, HOPEFULLY, UM, AGAIN, WHAT THE ACTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS ABOUT TO TAKE IS TO ORDER THE ELECTION, WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW. 
          'CAUSE THERE WERE ENOUGH SIGNATURES CERTIFIED BY THE CITY CLERK. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT A VOTE ON THE MERITS. 
          THE VOTERS WILL DECIDE IN THE MAY ELECTION AS TO WHETHER THE PETITIONS COME INTO EFFECT OR NOT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S MANDATED BY STATE LAW IS THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ADVOCATE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, EITHER STAFF OR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON CITY TIME. 
          SO THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR, AGAIN, ANY DELIBERATION ON THE MERITS OF THE PETITION BECAUSE THAT IS NOT, AGAIN, I UNDERSCORE THAT IS NOT WHAT THE COUNCIL IS VOTING ON. 
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SO ANY UM, ANY PERCEPTION THAT A INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE BODY BY THEIR VOTE IS VOTING ON THE MERITS IS UNFAIR AND INACCURATE. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO MAKE THAT AS CLEAR AS I CAN. 
          UM, AND THANKS AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU ANDY. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM FOUR WAS A BRIEFING ITEM ONLY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO 
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THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, ALL ITEMS, ALL THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE ON CONSENT. 
          SO LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW BEFORE WE BEGIN DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO PULL OFF FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, ON AN ITEM REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          THAT'S ITEM 21. 
          IS VICTOR RIVERA HERE, MR. RIVERA? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THERE'S, UH, ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT, I'M SURE, FOR MY COLLEAGUES. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU CAN QUEUE UP ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO DO THAT, UH, FIRST, UH, PERSON I SEE IN THE QUEUE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 21, UH, FOR THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL. 
          ALMANOR AND WOODLAND LAKE ARE NOTHING BUT ICONIC TO THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE ACTIVATION OF THESE KEY NATURAL SPACES IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH ALL KINDS OF AMENITIES, WALKABLE AREAS, FISHING PIERS, PICNIC TABLES, AND NOW WATER RECREATION AS WELL. 
          I WANNA THANKS THE PARK DEPARTMENT FOR SHARING THE DETAILS WITH ME AND MY OFFICE ABOUT ALL THE RIGOROUS WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THESE ACTIVITIES AT THE LAKE WILL BE SAFE. 
          IN ADDITION TO BEING ENJOYABLE, I KNOW PARKS HAS COMMUNICATED WITH MULTIPLE WATER RECREATIONAL GROUPS TO FIND THE KIND TO FIND, UM, WAYS TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY, EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS. 
          THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL WITH ITS LONG HISTORY OF DOING, JUST A LONG, DOING JUST THAT RATHER, UM, PROVIDED THE BEST OPTIONS. 
          SO I THINK MANY OF US HAS SEEN WHILE GOING UP ON OUR SISTER CITIES, ALL THE RESIDENTS KAYAKING AND PADDLE BOARDING IN THEIR LAKES. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE KAYAKS AND PADDLEBOARDS AT WOODLAWN LAKE AND SOON AT ELMENDORF PARK. 
          I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 23, THE APACHE CREEK LINEAR PARK LIGHTING, UH, UPGRADES. 
          IN ADDITION TO INCREASING SAFETY ON THE LAKES, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE WILL ALSO BE INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY ALONG THE CREEK TRAILS AND PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE ELMENDORF LAKE AND THE APACHE CREEK RENOVATIONS COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR RESIDENTS TO USE THESE GREAT PUBLIC AMENITIES. 
          WHILE ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING, WE CAN ENSURE THAT FOLKS WALKING THE TRAIL AND VISITING THE LAKE AND ENJOYING THESE NATURAL SPACES IN OUR CITY CAN DO SO WITH A SENSE OF SECURITY. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. 
          WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANTED MORE LIGHTING IN THIS AREA, UM, AND THIS ITEM'S GOING TO PROVIDE THAT. 
          SO ON TOP OF THAT, TRANSITIONING THE LIGHTING EVEN AT THE SMALLEST SCALE IS KEY TO REDUCING OUR CITY'S ENERGY USAGE. 
          UM, SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE A LAP IN ALMOND NORTH PARK ON A PADDLE BOAT OR A KAYAK. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I DO WANNA MAKE ONE COMMENT. 
          UH, I WANT TO THANK HALLA CARELLO FOR HER GREAT SERVICE ON THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          I AM APPOINTING A YOUNG RISING STAR IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, ALI PEREZ. 
          AND SO ALLIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STEPPING UP TO SERVE, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO HU LISA, UH, FOR HER GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY. 
          WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, ERIC, IS THERE A CITY 
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MANAGER'S REPORT? THERE IS MAYOR. 
          TWO QUICK ITEMS. UH, FIRST, UM, WE HAVE, UH, TWO OF MY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM WHO ARE, UH, CELEBRATING MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES WITH THE CITY. 
          UH, ONE IN JANUARY, ONE IN FEBRUARY. 
          UM, THE FIRST IS, UH, MR. COYLE, JEFF COYLE, WHO IS CELEBRATING 10 YEARS WITH THE CITY. 
          AND THE SECOND IS, UH, MR. ROD SANCHEZ. 
          UH, 30 YEARS WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, SO BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          ROD AND I WENT TO, UM, GRADUATE SCHOOL TOGETHER A LONG TIME AGO, AND 
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SO WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND, UM, UM, BUT THEY ARE CRITICAL TO, TO MY TEAM AND I WANTED TO TO SHARE THE, THAT, THAT NEWS WITH YOU. 
          UH, SECONDLY, OUR SPOTLIGHT VIDEO TODAY, YOU KNOW, WITH OVER ALMOST 13,000 EMPLOYEES THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS A CITY TO SERVE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, TIME WITH, UM, THEIR FAMILIES AND HOBBIES AND, UH, LIFE OUTSIDE THE CITY, UH, KEEPS US ALL ENERGIZED AND IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS FOR DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES. 
          TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT VIDEO IS, UH, ON TWO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO, UM, WORK OUTSIDE THE CITY. 
          UM, MR. ERIC FRIEDLAND FROM WHO'S AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE HIM IN THE VIDEO. 
          AND CARLOS DEGARA, A CARPENTER WITH PARKS AND REC AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE ON THEIR OFF TIME, UH, WITH MUSIC. 
          SO LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. 
          I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 16 YEARS. 
          I WAS JUST LIKE A, A GUY WITH A LAW DEGREE BLOWING IN THE WIND NOW. 
          I HAD WORKED FOR A BIG LAW FIRM AND THEN SOME SMALLER BOUTIQUE LAW FIRMS. THE GREAT THING ABOUT WORKING HERE IS OF COURSE THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE YOUR CLIENTS, SO YOU HAVE PLENTY OF CLIENTS, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS CHASING CLIENTS. 
          I GREW UP HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL, MAVERICK, LONGFELLOW, JEFFERSON, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE MY AGE. 
          THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGED WHEN THE BEATLES GOT HERE IN 19 63, 64. 
          AND I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          SO WHAT ARE CALLED GARAGE BANDS SPRUNG UP. 
          THERE WERE FIVE OR SIX OF THEM JUST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BUGGED BIT ME REALLY HARD. 
          AND I'VE BEEN IN THE ROCK BAND OFF AND ON EVER SINCE THEN. 
          IT STARTED OFF AS A JOKE. 
          UH, DIDN'T THINK THE JOKE WOULD LAST, BUT IT'S LASTED ALL THESE YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          I LIKE BEING ON STAGE AND, UH, PEOPLE ENJOYING THEMSELVES TO WHAT I'M DOING AND HAVING LIKE A PHYSICAL REACTION TO THE MUSIC THAT I'M PROVIDING. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE GREATEST FEELINGS. 
          BUT I ALSO LIKE WORKING AND MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY AND WANTING TO FULFILL WHAT THEY WANT AS FAR AS WHAT THEY NEED TO GO TO THE PARKS TOO. 
          SO, I DON'T KNOW, ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER. 
          I AM IN THE TRADE SECTOR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND I REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL PARKS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. 
          EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT. 
          IT'S ALWAYS UNEXPECTED AND SPONTANEOUS. 
          IT'S GOOD THAT I GOT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, TO NOT ONLY WORK FOR THE CITY, BUT PROVIDE THE CITIES WITH A REFLECTION OF LIKE WHAT I THINK THE CITY REPRESENTS TO ME. 
          PARTS OF THAT ARTS AND CULTURE IS MUSIC. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE TOWN THAT HAD F FLACO JIMENEZ AND WE'RE THE TOWN THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, DOUG SOM AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE TOWN THAT HAD ALL THESE GREAT INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN STARS. 
          SO THIS IS A GOOD PLACE AND, UH, THE CITY SHOULD KEEP UP. 
          ITS GOOD WORK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANKS ERIC. 
          ANDY, DOES ERIC EVER BRING THE GUITAR INTO THE OFFICE? N NOT THAT I HAVE SEEN MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I THINK THERE'S HEARD THEM. 
          I, IT'S LEGENDARY. 
          THERE'S OTHER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THAT I'M SURE HE IS VERY NOT YOU, ERIC, THE ERIC FRIEDLAND. 
          SO YEAH. 
          YES, HE DOES BRING A GUITAR TO THE OFFICE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. 
          MAYOR, I PLAYED THE TROMBONE IN SIXTH GRADE, SO IT'S, BUT I DON'T THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO HEAR THAT ANYMORE. 
          I PLAYED TROMBONE IN THE SIXTH GRADE. 
          ALL RIGHT, . 
          OKAY. 
          LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA. 
          UH, BEFORE I ADJOURN, UM, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAD A BIRTHDAY ON SUNDAY, AND THAT IS OUR COLLEAGUE MANNY ELAS. 
          SO MANNY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL RIGHT. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANNY. 
          THE TIME IS 11:55 AM ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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